Shrinking Ice in Antarctic Sea 'Exposes Global Warming' (Guardian)

Climate Change Threatens Butterfly's 2,000-Mile Migration (BBC)

Pristine Wilderness Can Become Toxic Swamp (Miami Herald)
"... the refuge contains the recoverable equivalent of only six months worth of oil -- a supply that wouldn't even be available for another 10 years."

Conservationists Rally to Save Baja's Dying Sea of Cortez (San Francisco Chronicle)
- "The Sea of Cortez is like the wild, wild West," said Vince Redence, owner of the Sonoran Sport Center in San Carlos. "You can do anything you want and the odds that
someone will stop you are one in a hundred."
- "I've watched it go from the richest sea I've ever swam in to the deadest sea I've ever swam in."

Global Warming Means Snow for Great Lakes (Reuters)
[ Satellite picture of Lake Superior covered with snow... ]

Scientists Confirm Risks Of Genetically Engineered Crops (Common Dreams)
With hardly a mention in the American press, the results of the largest field study ever conducted on genetically engineered crops were just made public in Europe. The
British government research concluded that genetically engineered crops could lead to significantly lower numbers of insects, an important part of the wildlife food chain.

Warm Seas Melting Ice Shelf the Size of Scotland (Independent)
[ Dramatic picture of crack in the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica... ]

Native Fish in Arizona River in Peril (Associated Press)
"Arizona is on a path to have all of its native fish go extinct unless state and federal agencies start doing - rather than just talking about - their jobs," said Leon Fager, a longtime endangered-species biologist for the U.S. Forest Service.

The Perfect Fire (TomDispatch.com)
This time climate, ecology, and stupid urbanization have conspired to create the ingredients for one of the most perfect firestorms in history. Experts have seen it coming for months.

Arctic ice cap melting at worrying rate: NASA (Agence France Presse)
"It is happening now. We cannot afford to wait a long period of time for technological solutions," said David Rind of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.
[ Photograph from original article... ]

Arctic being 'transformed' by warming (CNN)

South America Glaciers Melting Faster (Associated Press)

Researchers fear decline in sea ice is changing climates (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Showdown in the Ecuadoran Jungle: Rare Class-Action Pollution Trial Pits Indians Against U.S. Oil Company (Washington Post)
Although surrounded by rain-swollen rivers, this community of Cofan Indians now trusts only water drawn from deep in the ground by their tiny well. For years, they have watched family members and friends grow sick from drinking or bathing in the contaminated river water. "Always we have counted on water from the Aguarico, until it was contaminated," said Toribio Aguinda, a Cofan leader

Ecuadoreans Sue U.S. Oil Firm Over Amazon Pollution (Reuters)
"Before Texaco, we were free. We drank from the river, bathed in the river and everything was peaceful because it wasn't polluted," 67-year-old Secoya Indian Esteban Lusitande said in broken Spanish. "Now there's nothing. We can't even swim."

Ecuadorans put Chevron on trial: Company accused in class-action lawsuit of despoiling Amazon region with crude (San Francisco Chronicle)
"What happens in this one-room courthouse could be a turning point for indigenous people trying to protect their land and for multinational companies looking to avoid responsibility overseas."

North Sea Undergoing "Ecological Meltdown" Due to Warming (Independent)
Fish stocks and sea bird numbers plummet as soaring water temperatures kill off vital plankton. The North Sea is undergoing "ecological meltdown" as a result of global warming, according to startling new research. Scientists say that they are witnessing "a collapse in the system", with devastating implications for fisheries and wildlife.

Radiation Peril In Columbia River Increasing (The RadioActivist Campaign)

Patagonian Glaciers Thinning at Torrid Pace (Los Angeles Times)

Proven: The Environmental Dangers That May Halt GM Revolution (Independent)
British Scientists delivered a massive blow to the case for genetically modified crops yesterday when they showed in a trail-blazing study that growing them could harm the
environment.

Smoggy skies persist despite decade of work (USA Today)

World's seagrasses 'in peril' (BBC)
[ Picture of Manatee among the seagrasses... ]

South American glaciers' big melt (BBC)
[ Picture of Calvo Glacier in Chile... ]
[ Picture of Lucia Glacier... ]

Melting glaciers threaten Peru (BBC)
[ Picture of melting Andes glacier... ]

Alaska's People, Polar Bears, Economy Feel Heat of Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor)

Two billion people will live in slums by 2030: UN (Agence France Presse)

Ozone Hole Lasting Longer (Associated Press)
The ozone hole over the South Pole, already as large as it has ever been, is also lasting longer this year...

World oil and gas 'running out' (CNN)

Orangutans Could Go Extinct in 10 to 20 Years (Associated Press)
[ Picture from original article... ]

Scientists see Antarctic vortex as drought maker (Environmental News Network)
Australia may be facing a permanent drought because of an accelerating vortex of winds whipping around the Antarctic that threatens to disrupt rainfall, scientists said on Tuesday.

Toxic Flame Retardant Found in Breast Milk (Reuters)

Oceans becoming more acidic (BBC)

Arctic ice shelf splits (BBC)
[ Map showing location of Ward Hunt Ice Shelf ... ]

Weeds Become More Resistant to Herbicide Roundup (Associated Press)

Antarctic Ozone Hole Biggest Ever (Reuters)
In 2002 the hole suddenly shrank, raising hopes it was starting to close. But Shanklin said scientists now believed this was an abnormality due to atmospheric conditions, and that the 2003 expansion was back to more normal activity.

Ground zero air quality was 'brutal' for months (San Francisco Chronicle)
UC Davis scientist concurs that EPA reports misled the public

Kazakhstan's glaciers 'melting fast' (BBC)
They say glaciers are melting so fast in parts of Kazakhstan that the livelihoods of millions of people will be affected.
[ Picture of the glaciers that keep the plains alive... ]

Melting glaciers spell water crisis (Guardian)

Alien Worms Uproot Hardwood Forests in Minnesota (Grist Magazine)

Not Just Warmer: It's the Hottest for 2,000 Years (Guardian)
Widest study yet backs fears over carbon dioxide

Ban Fishing in Third of All Seas, Scientists Say (Independent)

Hot Summer Sparks Global Food Crisis (Independent)
'A foretaste of what will happen as global warming takes hold'
[ See photograph from original article... ]

Global Warming: Alarm Over Hungary's Shrinking Lake (The Scotsman)

France Reports Over 11,435 Extra Deaths in Heat Wave (Reuters)

Melting Alpine Ice Unveils Decades-Old Corpses (Reuters)

2003 Ozone Hole May Be Record Size, Australia Says (Reuters)
[ See photograph from original article... ]

Shrinking Danube unveils Nazi war relics (Associated Press)
[ See photograph #1 from the original article... ]
[ See photograph #2 from a related article... ]
[ See photograph #3 from a related article... ]

Boiling seas linked to mass extinction (Nature, Scientific Journal)
Methane belches may have catastrophic consequences.
See the related article below about Lake Nyos, Cameroon (8/22/03)...

Degassing Lake Nyos in Cameroon, Africa (PBS)
[ See photograph of gas-driven fountain in Lake Nyos, Cameroon... ]
This article is related to the one above showing how dangerous methane and carbon dioxide gases can be, even in small quantities. In 1986, a carbon dioxide upwelling in Lake Nyos, Cameroon (in Africa) wiped out the population of an entire village. Here's some articles about detoxifying the lake.

I also include this article as background information from which to consider the sanity of the proposal in the 7/5/03 article ("How and Why" section) entitled:
Deep Rocks Might Ease Global Warming in Carbon Plan (Reuters)

France turns attention to farmers devastated in heat wave (Associated Press)

France says up to 10,000 dead in heat wave (Associated Press)
[ See map of heat wave in Europe, Aug 3 - Aug 9, 2003... ]
[ See photograph of dried up Lake Revel in Southwestern France... ]

American Pika Doomed as 'First Mammal Victim of Climate Change' (Guardian)

Danger to Coral Reefs May Outpace Discovery: Despite Conservation Effort, Damage to Communities Continues (Washington Post)

Coral reefs doomed, study says. Centuries of overfishing killing ecosystems (San Francisco Chronicle)
[ See photograph from original article... ]
"If you want to live in a world where the ocean is mostly jellyfish and bacteria, there's nothing I can do about it." John Pandolfi

Europe's largest glacier shrivels under global warming (Agence France Presse)
"The Aletsch glacier, the largest in the Alps, is shrinking under the impact of global warming."
[ Click here to see photograph from original article... ]

Heat Wave Kills Up to 3,000 in France (Associated Press)

Global Warming is Choking the Life Out of Lake Tanganyika (Independent)
[ See the satellite photograph from the original article... ]

Falling Africa Fish Harvest Blamed on Warming (Associated Press)

Climate 'destroying fish stocks' (BBC)
[ See image from original article... ]

Climate change destroying Lake Tanganyika: study (Agence France Presse)
[ See satellite image of Lake Tanganyika from original article... ]

China is Losing the War on Advancing Deserts (International Herald Tribune)

Arctic ice cap will melt completely in 100 years (Agence France Presse)

Heat Threatens Safety of Nuclear Reactors as France Girds for Electricity Rationing (Independent)
[ See photograph from original article... ]

Britain breaks all-time heat record (International Herald Tribune)

British Temperature Breaks 100 for First Time Ever (Associated Press)
From the Alps to arid southern forests, Europe bakes in record heat

Nazi Warships Resurface From Danube River During Heat Wave and Drought (Herald Sun)

World to warm by 8C, says thinktank (Guardian)

Kyoto 'will not stop global warming' (BBC)
The Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions will not stop climate change, a leading think tank has warned... Even if the Kyoto agreement is fully implemented, greenhouse gas emissions worldwide will still increase by 70%, says the IPPR.

Global Warming May Be Speeding Up, Fears Scientist (Guardian)

Alaskan Warming is Disturbing Preview of What's to Come, Scientists Say (Knight Ridder)
[ See photograph of calves of ice from original article... ]
[ See photograph of open water where there should be a glacier from original article... ]

Farmed Salmon Heavy in Chemicals, Group Says (Reuters)

Decades of Devastation Ahead as Global Warming Melts the Alps (Observer)

Tuvalu Islanders Consider Exodus As Sea Level Rises (Guardian)

Yes, We'll Have No Bananas - Thanks to Selective Breeding, our Favourite Fruit can Neither Reproduce nor Defend Itself from Disease (Globe and Mail)

The heat is on... and it's getting hotter still (Guardian)
Temperatures over the past decade are the highest for 2,000 years

Trees grow faster in the city (Nature, Scientific Journal)
Ozone pollution stunts suburban saplings

Polluted River Covers Brazilian Town with Foam (Reuters)
[ Click here to see picture from original article... ]

Global Warming Catastrophe - New Evidence (IEMA)

Global warming could trigger mass extinction (Guardian)

Climate Change Could Drive Mass Extinctions (Scotsman, UK)
Evidence points to mass extinction

Study: Nets Drown 1,000 Cetaceans Daily (Associated Press)

Hydrogen fuel could widen ozone hole (Nature, Scientific Journal)
Likely leaks blot green power's perfect reputation
[ See image from original article... ]

Rich Countries' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ballooning (OneWorld.net)

British Scientist Puts Odds for Apocalypse at 50-50 (Reuters)

Ocean's Bounty is Gone (Miami Herald)

Farmed salmon pose greater risk to wild species than thought (Agence France Presse)

Earth's Vital Signs Show the Pain of Poverty (ENS)

Wake-up call on extinction wave (BBC)
"The living world is disappearing before our eyes."
Professor Peter Crane, Kew Gardens

Key Ocean Fish Species Ravaged, Study Finds (Washington Post)

Alarm Raised on World's Disappearing Languages (Independent)

Only 10 percent of big ocean fish remain (CNN)

Cheap Coffee Threatens to Wipe Out Wildlife and Ruin Farmers (Independent)

The desert ecology: another war victim (San Francisco Chronicle)

Experts look to Australia's Aborigines for weather help (Reuters)

Water Scarcity Prompts Scientists to Look Down (Washington Post)

Polar Sea Ice Could be Gone by the End of the Century (Independent)

Destructive Fishing Causing Ocean Crisis (ENS)

Warning Over Loss of Amazon Forest (Independent)

Earth's temperatures heating up (San Francisco Chronicle)
Averages to rise 8 degrees by end of century, climate scientist says

Human race is killing planet, says Meacher, Environmental Minister (Guardian)

End of the world nigh - it's official (Guardian)
Ignore the optimists: the global warming horror stories are all true
There is a lot wrong with our world. But it is not as bad as many people think. It is worse. Global warming is slowly but relentlessly changing the face of the planet.

Greenhouse gases 'at record levels' (BBC)

Scientists discover the harbinger of drought (Guardian)
Subtle temperature changes in tropical seas may trigger northern hemisphere's long, dry spells

Shrinking Arctic Ice to Open New Trade Route (Reuters)

'Ecological Meltdown': Huge Dust Cloud Threatens Asia (Independent)

Nepal facing glacier 'catastrophe' (BBC)
This is a lake that should not exist. It is 6,000 metres above sea level, a kilometre long and 100 metres deep. Twenty-five years ago it was a glacier.
[ See picture of Imja Glacier Lake in eastern Nepal... ]

Study Shows Shark Species Are Threatened (Associated Press)
North Atlantic shark populations have declined by more than 50 percent in the past 15 years.

Concerns Raised Over Genetically Altered Fish (New York Times)

Bananas' Days May Be Numbered, Scientist Says (Reuters)

Smaller Households Lead to Vanishing Biodiversity (OneWorld.net)

One generation to save world, report warns (Guardian)
Influential body says last chances must be seized
[ See "The World in the 2050's", assuming "Business As Usual" (Guardian)... ]

Polar bear 'extinct within 100 years' (BBC)
"As the sea ice disappears, so will the polar bears", Prof Andrew Derocher

Danish Professor Denounced for 'Scientific Dishonesty' (Washington Post)
Panel of Scientists Assails Scholarship of Book Praised in Press

Danes Rebuke a 'Skeptic' (New York Times)
Danish Research Agency concludes that author displayed "scientific dishonesty" in his popular book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist."

The Sky is Slowly Rising, Scientists Say (San Francisco Chronicle)
Upward movement of atmospheric layer points to global warming

Global Warming Found to Displace Species (New York Times)

Wildlife seeks