Andy Revkin: Living on Earth: January 15, 2010

REVKIN: Well, the basics are crystal clear, as I've written for many, many years since the 80's. There's no dispute among people really focused on these questions that more CO2, more greenhouse gases, warmer world; warmer world, less ice; less ice, higher seas – this has been a mantra on Dot Earth and in my writing for years. But that doesn't mean that there aren't real disputes about certain aspects of this: health impacts, the pace of sea level rise, what hurricanes are going to do, the science has actually become more complicated.
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REVKIN: Climate change is not the story of our times. It's a subset; it's a symptom of the underlying growth spurt that we're on as a species. And from many stand points this seems to be a unique juncture in our history.

BBC forecast for Met Office: changeable - Times Online

BUFFETED by complaints about its inaccurate weather forecasts, the Met Office now faces being dumped by the BBC after almost 90 years.

The Met Office contract with the BBC expires in April and the broadcaster has begun talks with Metra, the national forecaster for New Zealand, as a possible alternative.

Forget Harry Potter: Saci Lloyd thrills teenagers with a heroine who battles climate change and extremism | Books | The Observer

Johnny Depp lost his bid to film The Carbon Diaries books by London teacher Saci Lloyd when she picked the BBC instead
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The plot of her new novel draws on her time touring as a musician and starts just as Laura begins an undergraduate course in London. The city around our heroine is struggling to adjust to rationing imposed by global climate shifts and Laura and her band are forced to stop performing as riots take hold.