The sinister sea squirt. The presence of an invasive sea squirt, of the genus Didemnum, might be really bad news for Long Island Sound. [News Source]

Sound’s recovery: real, but at risk. Twenty years of efforts to clean up Long Island Sound have yielded progress, but the pressure from sprawling coastal development is relentless, and new threats have arisen. [News Source]

Battle in the lab. U.S. Rep. Sherman Boehlert has thwarted Texas colleague's intimidation of scientists and saying let them do their work. [News Source]

Are warnings of global warming the new tower of Babel? Unless we do something soon it'll be too late to reverse a warming trend that will be catastrophic for the Earth and its inhabitants. [News Source]

We are running out of time. Evidence of the potentially devastating effects of global climate change keeps accumulating. With the time to move fast approaching, governments will need to be prodded into taking action. [News Source]

It’s time to diaper the cows and party. Let's dig out the lemonade, diaper up the cows, hunt up a couple of buffalo, park the car in the shed, and have a good, old-fashioned rain dance. [News Source]

Global warming becoming one-sided story (Coshocton Tribune) Environmental groups undoubtedly were pleased with the box office success of "Ice Age: The Meltdown," an animated movie about animals trying to escape global climate change. [News Source]

Ozone issue keeps focus away from global warming (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Some local leaders say the region needs to focus its attention on battling ozone, not global warming. [News Source]

Poison ivy itching for climate change (New Orleans Times-Picayune) The effects of global warming typically are discussed in planetary terms, from rising oceans to sinking glaciers and oppressive heat waves. But gardeners and hikers can add a new, itchy threat to that list: poison ivy. [News Source]

Global warming may not lead to greater crop yields (Lawrence Journal-World) Chicago — Scientists had thought that there was one potential upside to global warming: more food to feed the world. [News Source]