Global warming a threat to world’s deserts (Sify News) The world's deserts are under threat as never before, with global warming making lack of water an even bigger problem for the parched regions, a UN report released on Monday said. [News Source]

Common-sense solutions can ease impact of global warming (USA Today) As USA TODAY's recent exclusive report pointed out, scientists have linked global warming to higher sea levels, stronger hurricanes, increased drought, accelerated species extinction and lessened water availability ("Alaska the 'poster state' for climate concerns," Making sense of global warming, News, May 30). [News Source]

Lloyd’s tells members climate change could destroy insurers (Guardian Unlimited) · Sector must protect itself against 'a sea of claims'· Global warming risks to result in higher premiums [News Source]

New report warns of increasing threat to world’s deserts due to global warming (USA Today) The world's deserts are under threat as never before, with global warming making lack of water an even bigger problem for the parched regions, a U.N. report released Monday said. Desert areas, their wildlife and, most of all, their scarce water supplies are facing dramatic changes. [News Source]

Al Gore rides global warming cause back into presidential politics (AFP via Yahoo! News) Six years after barely losing the most contested presidential race in recent US history, Al Gore has ridden a popular new film on global climate change to the center of American politics. [News Source]

Nuclear energy has to be a part of the equation in solving our energy problems. As fuels become less practical both economically and environmentally, our society is faced with the task of finding new sources of energy--nuclear energy, which is currently experiencing a resurgence, is likely to fill the gap in energy suppliers. [News Source]

Suburban sprawl and commuter hell. In exchange for an extra bedroom in a cookie-cutter house that from the sidewalk looks like one big garage, in a development named Pheasant Run that hasn't seen a live pheasant since the trees were clear-cut, we Americans have bought ourselves a life of driving. [News Source]

Why you have to stop global warming now. I have little doubt global warming will kill more people than have died in all human conflict. [News Source]

Sportsmen sound global warming warning. At a time when gas prices are soaring, Middle East conflicts are escalating and global warming is fast becoming the most serious threat to the planet, hunters and anglers are coming to grips with what climate changes will mean. [News Source]

Global warming is too big for politics. One of the tactics most often used by the oil industry and others who oppose controlling global warming pollution is to try to reduce the debate to partisan politics - to make it into a so-called wedge issue that divides Republicans and Democrats. [News Source]

Why deserts will inherit the Earth. Few places on Earth are less hospitable, less suited to human life than the Sahara desert. Yet as global warming accelerates and the prospect of profound climate change looms large, we must face the fact that vast areas of our planet will be rendered equally barren [News Source]