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Dermatologists say the study shows smoking damages skin, BBC News reports here: this study shows smoking alone makes the skin age, which may help persuade some to quit.

Former vice president urges Congress to address what he called “a true planetary emergency.” The Washington Post reports here: “The planet has a fever,” Gore told the House committee, sounding incredulous at Barton’s skepticism. “If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says, ‘You have to intervene here,’ you […]

BBC News reports here: Women with high blood sugar levels are at an increased risk of developing cancer, a major European study finds.

Spiegel Online reports here: Funds with $4 trillion under management want Washington to put mandatory limits on carbon emissions.

BBC News reports here: A genetically-engineered mosquito resistant to malaria is better able to survive than disease-carrying insects.

HealthDay News reports here at the Washington Post website: “Despite aggressive public campaigns urging a more healthful diet, Americans still aren’t eating the recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables, two new studies found.” So are you eating enough fruit and vegetables?

AP reports here at Yahoo News: VIENNA, Austria - It looks like a color-coded terror alert scale — and meteorologically speaking, that’s exactly what it is. With climate change making conditions more unpredictable, national weather services from across the European Union have joined forces to create http://www.meteoalarm.eu — a new Web site providing up-to-the-minute information […]

Hans von Storch is one of Germany’s leading researchers on climate change. DER SPIEGEL spoke here with him about why fears of global warming are exaggerated and the doom-mongering tendencies of German scientists.