The artificial forests of the future – big picture | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Giant fly-swats and freight containers may help prevent catastrophic climate change, say engineers. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has come up with some ideas for what "artificial forests" - technologies that absorb CO2, in a similar way to trees - could look like in the future. these structures would use chemical processes or natural carbon sponges such as algae to take in carbon and store it, or even turn it into useful products

Heineken sinks as damp summer, economy hit profits | Business | guardian.co.uk

The Dutch brewer said it had already experienced weak beer sales in the normally high-selling season of July and early August due to poor summer weather in Europe...

Climate fight does little to sway public › News in Science (ABC Science)

"Still almost 90 per cent of respondents this year accept that climate change is happening and they are very close to evenly split between those who say they think that humans are largely causing it and those that think it's [largely] a natural fluctuation."

Captain Dan Kipnis on CBS Early Show.wmv - YouTube

Captain Dan Kipnis cruises to reefs off the Florida Keys with host Dave Price a CBS film crew to see first hand the devastation global warming is wreaking on Florida's coral reefs. This short clip clearly shows visually how hotter sea water temperatures have impacted coral reefs through a process called coral bleaching. Travel under the Key's crystal clear waters to see firsthand what is occurring.

Flashback: Record cold in Florida kills reef coral | Watts Up With That?