Why the highest mountains are near the equator - environment - 12 August 2009 - New Scientist

IS IT just a coincidence that all the world's tallest mountain ranges lie at low latitudes? Apparently not, as it seems warmer climates enhance mountain growth.

Christopher Monckton - Senator Kerry Misfires about Global Warming and National Security

Senator John Kerry’s statement in early August 2009 about “global warming” before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, was false in every particular, leading him to draw the incorrect conclusion that “global warming” was a threat to national security. The Senator got every fact wrong –

Cap-and-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators - WSJ.com

Now legislation using cap-and-trade to limit greenhouse gases is working its way through Congress and could become the law of the land. But Mr. Crocker and other pioneers of the concept are doubtful about its chances of success. They aren't abandoning efforts to curb emissions. But they are tiptoeing away from an idea they devised decades ago, doubting it can work on the grand scale now envisioned.

Fisherfolk can take advantage of climate change, says BFAR

“The rise of sea level resulting from climate change creates wider area for the culture of certain marine species like abalone, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and other varieties of shell and fin fishes that adapt well to extreme shifts in weather patterns,” Sarmiento said.