Climate change seen affecting crop yields (Bangkok Post) Climate experts have warned of a drastic decline in Thai agricultural crop yields due to hotter weather and more frequent occurrence of natural disasters triggered by climate change and global warming. [News Source]

What we need is policy. Going green is fine, but it didn't stop drivers from hitting the road on the Fourth of July. [News Source]

Global warming, a lost cause? Thanks to population growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions will likely double by 2050. Are we powerless to stop global warming? [News Source]

Lower grade uranium could hasten climate change pace (Sunday Herald) AS the use of nuclear power expands, it will become increasingly ineffective at combating global warming, warns a report by an independent think tank published today . [News Source]

Readers Respond to ‘The Evidence for Global Warming’ (New York Times) Ralph Deeds, Birmingham, Mich. : It appears to me that the politics of global warming is more difficult than the science. For example, existing automobile technology could produce a huge savings in oil if our Congress would stop debating flag burning and pass legislation to encourage more fuel-efficient motor vehicles. This could easily be done by gradually increasing the gasoline tax to bring [News Source]

Business looks to costs of climate change. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in September 2005, insurers and other industry groupings are waking up to the potential economic costs of global warming. [News Source]

Asia chooses nuclear future despite fears. Led by fast-growing China and India, Asia is going nuclear in a big way to feed its ravenous appetite for energy. [News Source]

Fears over impact of global warming on China’s rivers. Experts voiced fears Saturday that a build-up of greenhouse gases from global warming could significantly reduce the amount of rain ending up in China's rivers, a vital source of water for the country. [News Source]

Vast chunk of rock threatens to fall from Eiger as global warming opens up crack. A vast chunk of Europe's most ill-famed mountain threatens to break loose and crash down in the next few days, a geologist monitoring the situation told the Guardian yesterday. [News Source]

Sea critters’ feces clean air, study says. The fast-sinking feces of an obscure sea creature play a significant role in removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. [News Source]

Melting ice forces evacuation of Minn. explorers from North Pole. Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larson of Grand Marais achieved their goal of becoming the first men to trek to the North Pole during the summer, but fast-melting ice and a back injury has forced them to cut short their return trip. [News Source]