Al Gore’s inconvenient judgment: Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday. An Inconvenient Truth won plaudits from the environmental lobby and an Oscar from the film industry but was found wanting when it was scrutinised in the High Court in London. Times Online

China and India biofuels could threaten food output: Plans by China and India to raise biofuels production from irrigated maize and sugarcane could aggravate water shortages and undermine food output, an international report said on Thursday. The two countries, the most populous on the planet, might ease the projected water shortages by developing new biofuel technologies or boosting rain-fed crops such as sweet sorghum, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said. Reuters

Australia’s poor environment record exposed: Australia’s woeful environmental performance has earned it third-last place among the world’s 21 richest nations in an independent report. The US ranked lowest on environmental policy, with Spain one place higher and Australia and Canada tied at third-last in the 2007 Commitment to Development Index (CDI) launched in London today. CDI author David Roodman said Australia’s poor environmental performance was largely due to global warming issues. News.com.au

Study finds global warming affecting bird migration: Climate change may not be noticeable to all humans yet, but the behaviour of birds suggests the seasons have already changed. A researcher at the weather bureau has found that some spring migrating birds are arriving many days earlier than they used to. Another critically endangered species has adapted its breeding cycle in response to climate change. ABC Online

Global warming: it’s the humidity: Human activity has long made the bedroom a hot and steamy place. Now, less sexy activities like burning coal and oil—major contributors to global warming—are making the whole planet steamier, a new study says. Scientists expect the rising humidity to cause heavier rains, stronger hurricanes, and increased human heat stress. National Geographic