FACTBOX - Climate Change Predictions for Asia (Planet Ark) Asia, home to more than half the world's 6.3 billion people, could be badly affected by climate change, many experts warn, as the predicted rising sea levels, melting glaciers, droughts, floods, and food and water shortages take their toll. [News Source]

Study concludes global warming surpassed natural (Enviornmental News Link)

BOULDER, CO (07/10/06) — Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor, according to a new analysis by Kevin Trenberth and Dennis Shea of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

Global warming ‘will cause more forest fires, droughts and floods’ (Independent)

Forest fires, droughts and floods are all likely to become more severe and more common if global warming heats the planet as seriously as some scientists predict.

Hostile climate greets governor’s plan to save earth. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is running for reelection as a self-styled bold leader, who can boost the business climate at the same time he protects the planet from global warming. [News Source]

Global warming implicated in China’s killer typhoons. Global warming is contributing to an unusually harsh typhoon season in China that started around a month early and has left thousands dead or missing, government officials and experts say. [News Source]

Climate change: Bad news for Maltese tourism. Climate change is likely to rob Mediterranean tourist destinations such as Malta of their summer lure, as temperatures become too hot for continental holidaymakers, according to a report that studied the effect of global warming on tourism. [News Source]

Uncertainty over typhoons’ link to climate change. While scientists say there is evidence a build-up of gases such as carbon dioxide will likely bring more frequent and severe typhoons, heatwaves and drought in the future, there is uncertainty about whether the effects have already started to appear. [News Source]

Heat could affect tourism adversely. Increasingly hot temperatures could actually be having an adverse effect of Mediterranean tourism, including that Maltese. [News Source]

Climate changes may be good for plants. Despite widespread gloom and doom about global warming, a Utah State University researcher says climate fluctuations may be good for some plant species. [News Source]

Climate change doesn’t warrant new water policy, local report says. The climate may be warming, but too little is known about the phenomenon to warrant immediate changes in management of the water supply serving the greater Truckee Meadows. [News Source]

This weather is a liability. Households face an increasing risk of damage to their properties caused by subsidence, storm damage and flooding because of climate change, according to the Association of British Insurers. [News Source]