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The government has undertaken an action plan for saving the Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, a top forest official said on Friday. Go here to see the original: Action plan undertaken to save tigers

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A Northern Territory organisation planning to sell carbon credits through traditional burning of savannah country says it is expanding into Western Australia and Queensland. Go here to see the original: Carbon credit plan fires burning ambitions

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During the last prolonged warm spell on Earth, the oceans were at least four meters -- and possibly as much as 6.5 meters, or about 20 feet -- higher than they are now. Read more here: Sea Level Rise Less from Greenland, More from Antarctica, Than Expected During Last Interglacial

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Marine sensors have been deployed to the north of Australia to measure changes in ocean currents moving between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Visit link: Sea sentinels placed on climate watch

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Northwest forests on public lands are now taking up more carbon dioxide via respiration than they put back into the atmosphere, and have become a significant net carbon sink for the first time in decades as a result, according to researchers at Oregon State University and the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. More: 1993 US Northwest...

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Genetically modified blue and green algae could be the answer to the world's fuel problems. Bioengineers have already developed algae that produce ethanol, oil and even diesel -- and the only things the organisms need are sunlight, CO2 and seawater. Excerpt from: Algae Could Solve World's Fuel Crisis

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US government conducts 'integrity inquiry' on federal biologist amid lobbying by oil firms for Arctic permits Read more: Arctic scientist who exposed climate threat to polar bear is suspended

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Growing cocoa with other crops on the same plot boosts the productivity of cocoa farms, compared with growing cocoa alone, a study has found. Here is the original post: Cocoa Farmers May Boost Yields By Intercropping

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California Governor’s Legislative Updates 7/25/2011 – 7/27/2011 ——————————————————— Wednesday, 7-27-2011 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has signed the following bills: • AB 116 by Committee on Budget – Criminal justice realignment. • AB 193 by Assemblymember Stephen Knight (R-Lancaster) – Polling place designation. Continue reading: California Governor’s Legislative Action – Signed and...

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By JOHN SCHWARTZ –  The New York Times A federal judge in Orlando on Wednesday declared the state’s controlled-substances laws unconstitutional. A 2002 Florida law eliminated the requirement of a “guilty mind,” or “mens rea,” as part of a drug offense. Briefs attacking the Florida law, in which a defendant need not know that a substance is illegal...