Faster melting of polar ice dampens future of Shore. Polar ice sheets are melting faster than most authorities realize and could eventually submerge coastal communities worldwide, according to a pair of studies released today. [News Source]

Global warming is rapidly raising sea levels, studies warn. Water from melting ice sheets and glaciers is gushing into the world's oceans much faster than previously thought possible, sending scientists scrambling to explain why. [News Source]

Global warming trend on course to submerge coasts, researchers say. The increase in ocean levels would devastate low-lying coastal areas, put dozens of major cities under water, and become irreversible at some point later this century. [News Source]

London ‘under water by 2100′ as Antarctica crumbles into the sea. Dozens of the world’s cities, including London and New York, could be flooded by the end of the century, according to research which suggests that global warming will increase sea levels more rapidly than was previously thought. [News Source]

Miami, New Orleans face warming threat. Low-lying communities like New Orleans and Miami could face increasing peril as melting polar ice raises the ocean to levels not seen in thousands of years. [News Source]

Climate change: A worrying trend of less ice, higher seas. Startling amounts of ice slipping into the sea have taken glaciologists by surprise, and they now fear that this century's greenhouse emissions could be committing the world to a catastrophic sea-level rise. [News Source]

Global warming doubles glacial quakes. The number of glacial earthquakes, caused when rivers of ice lurch violently, has doubled in three years, providing yet another indicator of global warming. [News Source]

Ocean may be new CO2 dumping ground. Pumping carbon dioxide into the oceans may be one way to help save us from global warming, says a chemical engineer who admits the subject is "taboo". [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]

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]

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]