two degrees is too much

The State of the World 2009 report takes the view that the goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 2 degrees C (as adopted by the UN teams negotiating under the IPCC) poses unacceptable risks to natural systems. But it also outlines 10 key challenges to avoid this, and provides a range of options for tackling these challenges.

digging for methane sources

Just another example of why we need to think critically and dig a little deeper to really understand the implications of science:

A 2006 study suggested that plants could account for almost half of the global production of [methane].

But a UK-based team now reports that under normal conditions, plants just convey methane from the soil to the air without actually producing it.

Scientists were surprised by the 2006 findings, because "it just didn't make sense". So they set up their own experiments growing plants in media that contained no organic material, and found the plants produced no methane. Science is an art. Sometimes, if you don't follow your instincts, you will miss the deeper story.