Global warming threatens increasingly arid Spain. Rising seas, wilting crops, wildfires, floods, tropical diseases... The signs of global warming are being seen in Spain, and experts are urging the authorities to re-orient their policies before it is too late. [News Source]

Arctic sea ice disappearing. The melting of the sea ice in the Arctic, the clearest sign so far of global warming, has taken a sudden and enormous leap forward, in one of the most ominous developments yet in the onset of climate change. [News Source]

Dismal calculations. As economists attempt to develop policy recommendations for climate change, they struggle under a cascade of uncertainties. [News Source]

Doing it their way. American attitudes to global warming are complex, and are changing. [News Source]

California carbon. Another California bill that’s not getting as much attention as the recent landmark greenhouse gas emissions bill would extend the state’s energy policy to neighboring states. [News Source]

Fresno judge to rule on air suit. State officials on Friday asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit by the automobile industry challenging new state emissions standards that would be the toughest in the nation. [News Source]

Hunger kills guillemots. The discovery of their emaciated bodies is being blamed on global warming because it is believed sprats and other small fish have been forced further north in search of colder waters. [News Source]

A relic of the ice age, is it goodye to the Arctic Char? Warmer lakes may be good news for Cumbria’s tourist industry, but it could have dramatic consequences for plant and animal life in the Lake District. [News Source]

Farmlands to see climate change Research: Irrigation has produced a temporary global warming honeymoon (Tri-Valley Herald) SACRAMENTO — California's agricultural lands have largely escaped the effects of global warming, but the honeymoon may soon be over. [News Source]

Reaping the whirlwind. Hurricanes used to be thought unconnected to climate change. Now a link is emerging. [News Source]

Western U.S. in midst of uranium boom. The nuclear comeback has reinvigorated a Western mining industry that, during the 1950s and again in the 1970s, was the stuff of legends. [News Source]