GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming expected to have dramatic impact on U.S., Canada (McClatchy Washington Bureau) Climate scientists released a grim portrait Monday of the likely effects of global warming on the United States and Canada. More droughts, floods, heat waves, infectious diseases and extinctions are possible for two of the most prosperous countries on the planet, according to the North American section of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Poor countries in ... [News Source]

Global warming could spur 21st century conflicts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Droughts, floods and rising seas linked to global warming could spur conflicts in coming decades, experts said on Monday, the eve of a first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change. [News Source]

Top ex-military leaders call global warming major security risk (WTOL 11 Toledo) WASHINGTON Global warming as a security risk? Several top retired military leaders say it's a concern. They've issued a report saying that climate change could result... [News Source]

Climate Change Worries Military Advisers (NPR) Morning Edition , April 16, 2007 · We're used to hearing scientists warn us about climate change. Now a group of retired generals and admirals says global warming could provoke serious national security threats. [News Source]

Climate Change Worries Military Advisers (NPR) Global warming could increase the strain on water and other natural resources and fuel terrorism, according to a new report by retired generals and admirals. The study looks at climate change's potential impact on the military and national security. [News Source]

U.N. to assess climate change as threat to security (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Britain will try to convince reluctant U.N. Security Council members that global warming poses a threat to international peace and security when the body holds its first debate on climate change on Tuesday. [News Source]

Climate change threatens Bahamas (The Nassau Guardian) Global warming will affect millions around the world in a few decades, but the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands are expected to receive more immediate climate change threats, said Earlston McPhee, director of Sustainable Development in the Ministry of Tourism. [News Source]

Global warming could spur 21st century conflicts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Droughts, floods and rising seas linked to global warming could spur conflicts in coming decades, experts said on Monday, the eve of a first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change. [News Source]

By MARTIN GRIFFITH, Never mind the record cold temps across the country, it’s Global warming, right? (Tehachapi News) RENO, Nev. (AP) - More than two dozen demonstrators braved cold, wet weather Saturday in Reno to attend a rally designed to draw attention to global warming. The event was cut short by heavy rain and sleet, said organizer Lisa Stiller of the Northern Nevada Coalition for Climate Change. [News Source]

Global warming’s bright side: More golf (Daily Herald) SPRINGFIELD — Sure global warming, err, “climate change,” may melt the polar ice caps, flood coastal regions, destroy life in the oceans and forever alter human existence. [News Source]

Global warming could spur 21st century conflicts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Droughts, floods and rising seas linked to global warming could spur conflicts in coming decades, experts said on Monday, the eve of a first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change. [News Source]