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Ice-free Arctic won't soak up more carbon

Measurements indicate ocean stratification will limit sink effect

Global warming is 'undeniable', says NOAA

Last decade was warmest on record, shows State of the Climate report

Engineers race to design world's biggest offshore wind turbines

British firm to design mammoth offshore wind turbines with 275m wingspan that produce three times power of standard models (from the Guardian)

Climate change fattens up marmots

Rodent survival rates soar following earlier emergence from hibernation

Climate chairman clarifies his media strategy

Raj Pachauri sends second letter to scientists

Gamma-ray burst could kill off ocean life

Destruction would have profound effect on climate

UN in fresh bid to salvage international deal on climate change

Campaigners welcome plans to amend the way Kyoto protocol resolutions are passed from the Guardian)

Urban planning could cut air-pollution woes

Air pollution is bad for human health but careful city layouts could help, according to Michael Brauer

Fungal spores give rainforest atmosphere

First measurements of tropical forest bioaerosols indicate high concentrations

The oil spill is under control – now it's time to count the ecological cost

The US can count itself ecologically lucky that the Deepwater disaster took place in the Gulf – but the long-term damage will amount to much more than dead birds and soiled beaches (from the Guardian)

X-ray kit reveals poor coral health

Three-D CT scans show Red Sea reef-builder has suffered as temperatures warm

IPCC warns its scientists to avoid the media

Letter of caution provokes mixed reaction among IPCC working-group scientists

Goby thrives in toxic, low-oxygen mud

Surprisingly tough fish could help regenerate food web in overexploited seas off Namibia

Google climate map offers a glimpse of a 4C world

Interactive tool layering climate data over Google Earth maps shows the impact of an average global temperature rise of 4C (from the Guardian)

Tropical butterflies join polar bear on climate threat list

Species from tropical areas may be less well adapted to coping with temperature variations

Graphene soaks up arsenic

'Wonder material' could help purify water

Insight: carbon dioxide suppresses increase in rainfall

Efforts to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could actually boost the increase in precipitation per degree of warming

Humans dust up the Sahara

Rise in agriculture in early 19th century boosted dust production in desert

Air pollution comes under scrutiny

Gregory Carmichael focuses on black carbon, chemical weather and long-range transport of pollutants

Birds flock with scale invariance

Scientists ponder the statistical mechanics of the Roman sky