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Live Science, Proposal: Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air:

“Increasingly, research now suggests devices could literally suck carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere.

“The technology to do this is going through major advances, moving toward detailed designs,” said environmental engineer Frank Zeman at Columbia University. “It’s becoming more and more efficient—we’ve cut the electricity requirements by well over half.”"

Live Science, Why Autumn Colors Are So Late:

“A gray, grim landscape used to greet residents of the Northeastern United States each November, but autumn’s riot of red, orange and yellow came late this year. Delayed fall foliage also occurred in Chicago and parts of Europe.

Some say droughts and a warm summer played a role, while others wonder more broadly about global warming. In fact, it’s rising levels of carbon dioxide, not the warmer temperatures fueled by the greenhouse gas, that have been delaying the transformation of green leaves, at least in Europe for a few decades, a new study suggests.”

BBC, Climate scepticism: The top 10:

“What are some of the reasons why “climate sceptics” dispute the evidence that human activities such as industrial emissions of greenhouse gases and deforestation are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth’s climate?

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalises its landmark report for 2007, we look at 10 of the arguments most often made against the IPCC consensus, and some of the counter-arguments made by scientists who agree with the IPCC.”

Spiegel: “Über Tibet zwangen sie Wolken zum Niederschlag - der Umwelt zuliebe. Denn die Himalaja-Gletscher schmelzen, Dürre droht.”

Nature: “A multi-million dollar prize is on offer to anyone who can invent a device that will remove significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As one of the largest science prizes on offer, it is likely to attract huge interest globally in a bid to combat climate change.”