‘Glacial earthquakes’ warn of global warming. Scientists have recorded a significant and unexpected increase in the number of "glacial earthquakes" caused by the sudden movement of Manhattan-sized blocks of ice in Greenland. [News Source]

Climate data hint at irreversible rise in seas. Within the next 100 years, the growing human influence on Earth's climate could lead to a long and irreversible rise in sea levels by eroding the planet's vast polar ice sheets, according to several teams of scientists. [News Source]

Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn. Arctic temperatures are near a prehistoric level when seas were 16 to 20 feet higher, studies say. The world may have as little as a decade to take the steps to avoid this scenario. [News Source]

States draft joint plan to cut plant emissions. Details of the first interstate effort in the United States to curb the emissions linked to global warming emerged Thursday with the publication of a draft rule power plants will be bound by in the coming years. [News Source]

Climate change ‘harms world poor’. The poorest people in the world in Asia and Africa will be worst hit by climate change, a UK government report says. [News Source]

Judge clears tougher rules for emissions. A Marion County judge on Thursday upheld Gov. Ted Kulongoski's authority to push forward with stricter vehicle-emissions standards. [News Source]

Oregon to adopt stricter emission rules. A judge Thursday allowed Oregon to adopt stricter vehicle emission standards on 2009 model cars and light trucks, turning back a challenge to the governor's line-item veto authority. [News Source]

Legislators eye global warming. Colorado lawmakers are taking their first stab at confronting global warming with a proposal to study how the state can participate in efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Bill calls for studies on cutting carbon dioxide. Colorado lawmakers are taking their first stab at confronting global warming with a proposal to study how the state can participate in efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Warming will change NW. From the crests of the Cascades to Puget Sound, people in the Pacific Northwest can expect to experience changes driven by global warming. [News Source]

Global warming may help spread mossie diseases. A doctors' group says climate change could help spread tropical mosquito-borne diseases to southern states. [News Source]