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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

Storing carbon: motivating landowners is key

Technical feasibility and economics are not the only factors in boosting take-up of climate-friendly land management

'Climategate' review clears scientists of dishonesty over data

'Rigour and honesty' of scientists not in doubt but Sir Muir Russell says UEA's Climatic Research Unit was not sufficiently open (from the Guardian)

Change in plant species mix may limit carbon dioxide take-up

Ecosystem feedback could cut effectiveness of carbon dioxide fertilization in lowering greenhouse-gas levels

Review of questioned IPCC report says conclusions 'well-founded'

Dutch government finds minor inaccuracies in contested paper, but reasserts that "climate change poses 'substantial risks' to most parts of the world" (from the Guardian)

Carbon scrubbing: in it for the long haul?

Removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to increased emissions from ocean and land

Biologists find 'dead zones' around BP oil spill in Gulf

Methane at 100,000 times normal levels have been creating oxygen-depleted areas devoid of life near BP's Deepwater Horizon spill, according to two independent scientists (from the Guardian)

Even low levels of air pollution can stress out hearts

Study using real-world mixtures of air pollutants reveals worrying news for older people