At the Los Angeles Times, cartoonist/editorialist David Horsey is alarmed about warming:
The climate cnews about 2050 is not good, even for the future of pasta. Though adaptation efforts in agriculture are underway, even in poor countries like Vietnam.
As for frogs, a story by Cheri Carlson in the Star focuses on efforts to move eggs from red-legged frogs to suitable stream beds in Ventura County. I worked on a story like this six months ago, but wasn't able to bring it home — as Carlson wrote, it's really not clear why the red-legged frog is in trouble here, and that's what I was trying to figure out.
Kit Stolz 