Taller mountains a result of global warming (MSNBC) The mountains in Europe are growing taller and global warming is partly responsible, scientists say. [News Source]

Getting bugged. Who does global warming benefit, except perhaps for northern viniculturists, ice cream vendors and purveyors of air conditioners and swimming pools? Why, bugs, of course. [News Source]

Scientists Predict Extinctions from Global Warming (Scientific American) Global warming has extended the destructive reach of humankind. Plants and animals far from human habitation are now threatened by the climate change resulting from the carbon we release into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. [News Source]

Report Paints Bleak Global Warming Future (KTVU 2 San Francisco) The scenario unveiled in a new report by the California Climate Change Center seems bleak -- there will be more fires and more intense firestorms, less water and less predictable water supplies and many more days of extreme heat. [News Source]

Robertson A Global Warming Convert (CBS News) This summer's heat wave has turned religious broadcaster Pat Robertson into a believer when it comes to global warming. "If we are contributing to the destruction of this planet, we need to do something about it," he said on his "700 Club" show. [News Source]

Top scientist makes climate plea. World leaders have been urged to put more money into developing new energy technologies to tackle global warming. [News Source]

More frequent heat waves linked to global warming. Heat waves like those that have scorched Europe and the US in recent weeks are becoming more frequent because of global warming, say scientists who have studied decades of weather records. [News Source]

Al Gore YouTube spoof not so amateurish. The film actually came from a slick Republican public relations firm called DCI, which just happens to have oil giant Exxon as a client. [News Source]

The hotter it gets, the hotter it gets. Think twice before you crank up that air conditioner--you just may be contributing to the heat. [News Source]

New study links wildfires to global warming. Wildfires are a fact of summer here in California. But a new report says they could get worse and happen more often. NewsChannel 3 has more about this alarming development. [News Source]

Thames swimmer comes ashore to make climate appeal to Blair. For Lewis Gordon Pugh, a 36-year-old lawyer turned polar explorer, endurance swimmer and now environmental campaigner, coming ashore was to be none too easy. [News Source]