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DHAKA, Jan 5, 2012 (IPS) - With floods, droughts and other calamities battering deltaic Bangladesh regularly, farmers need little prompting in switching to climate-resistant varieties of rice, wheat, pulses and other staples. Continued here: Farmers Bet on Climate-Proof Crops

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Warming oceans and melting sea ice may have a major impact on harp seals, the doe-eyed animals that are the prime target for Canada's annual seal hunt. Visit link: Climate changing outlook for harp seals

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Fifteen thousand hectares of native forest and steppe have gone up in smoke since forest fires started raging last week in the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, one of Chile's most important protected areas. Read more: Wildfires threaten Patagonia's biodiversity

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It may appear unintuitive that special toilets could benefit hippos and other wetland species, but the Center for Rural Empowerment and the Environment (CREE) has proven the unique benefits of new toilets in the Dunga Wetlands on Lake Victoria's Kenyan side. Go here to see the original: Eco-toilets help save hippos and birds in Kenya

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ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2012) - A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and heat-tolerant landscaping plants from Africa and the Middle East. Here is the original post: Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a...

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Leaked document reveals former socialist government's plans to oppose planned EU ban on discarding edible fish at sea More: Spanish government urged to renounce plans to rubbish EU fishing reforms

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Attorneys, accountants and small business owners take note: New IRS rules for tax preparers went into effect Jan. 1. The new IRS rules include education requirements, background checks, and competency exams for different classes of tax preparers. The changes aim to protect consumers from "the inept and the unscrupulous," a board member with the California Tax Education Council...

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Starbucks has been sued by California woman Janet Marx over her prosthetic leg. She claims she was discriminated against because of her disability. Marx's prosthetic became loose, so se went into a Stockton-area Starbucks to use the restroom. She wanted to tighten a screw on her leg. On her way to the restroom, a Starbucks employee chased her...

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The thorny question of whether improved crop varieties do, in fact, lift peasant farmers out of poverty has been answered positively in a study of groundnut varieties, according to researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), in Kenya. Continued here: New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds

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MELBOURNE: Researchers have discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, indicating that animals are adapting to climate change for survival. View post: Climate change: Hybrid sharks mark survival strategy