Scientists Appeal on Global Warming (RedNova) THE world's top scientists yesterday pleaded with governments not to ignore the latest dire warnings over the threat from global warming. The experts were unveiling the latest grim forecasts of what will happen without a concerted response now to the impact of climate change. [News Source]

Step it up for global warming (The Addison County Independent) MIDDLEBURY — When Lincoln resident Stacey Lee-Dobek saw “An Inconvenient Truth,” the film about Al Gore’s fight against climate change, for the first time last December, she knew it was time to take action against global warming. [News Source]

Climate change poses more risks to Africa - Report (AngolaPress) New York, UN 04/12 - A United Nations regional report on climate change has predicted more hunger, diseases and water shortages in Africa due to the impact of global warming. [News Source]

Mitigate Worst Effects Of Climate Change (Scoop.co.nz) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has called climate change one of his top priorities, today hailed a new report on the subject, urging nations to make decisive efforts to alleviate the worst consequences brought on by global warming. [News Source]

Utahns to step up against global warming (The Salt Lake Tribune) Scores of Utahns have every intention this Saturday of making their state a hot spot for global warming awareness. Citizens groups around the state have plans to take part in "Step It Up," a national call for action on climate change. [News Source]

Global warming turns up political heat in Australia (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global warming is turning up the political heat in Australia, the only country in the world to have joined the United States in refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. [News Source]

Times writer to discuss climate change (Middletown Times Herald-Record) Newburgh - Greenhouse gases may be melting icecaps, but sifting through the never-ending news on climate change can melt one’s patience. From Al Gore’s Oscar to United Nations’ studies, global warming developments are hitting us at a dizzying pace. [News Source]

Climate change would affect Midwest (Rapid City Journal) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A University of North Dakota professor who worked on a global warming report says the Upper Midwest’s ecosystem is not immune to climate change, and a professor at South Dakota State University says duck populations in the region could suffer. [News Source]