U.K. Panel Recommends Changes to Proposed Climate Change Law (Bloomberg.com) July 4 (Bloomberg) -- A panel of U.K. parliament members said the government should alter its proposed climate change law so an independent committee can set targets for cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide, the main gas blamed for global warming. [News Source]

Climate change tops agenda as western premiers prepare to meet (CNews) IQALUIT, Nunavut (CP) - Climate change will be at the top of the agenda as Canada's western premiers head north, where global warming's effects are most drastic and visible. [News Source]

Global warming will affect tea plantations (Daily News) COLOMBO: There is a potential risk in tea plantations getting severely affected with the anticipated climate change following global warming, Environmental Consultant, Dr. Janaka Rathnasiri told a seminar on Global Warming at the BMICH yesterday. [News Source]

State summit on global warming to be held in Miami (Sun-Sentinel) TALLAHASSEE -- How Florida could be impacted by global warming -- and what the state can do to help stop it -- will be the focus next week of the state's first Summit on Global Climate Change. [News Source]

Climate change seen as factor behind disappearance of Chilean lake (International Herald Tribune) Scientists on Tuesday blamed global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in remote southern Chile that faded away in just two months, leaving just a crater behind. [News Source]

Global warming blamed for vanishing lake (AP via Yahoo! News) Scientists on Tuesday blamed global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in remote southern Chile that faded away in just two months, leaving just a crater behind. [News Source]

State summit on global warming to be held in Miami (Sun-Sentinel) TALLAHASSEE -- How Florida could be impacted by global warming -- and what the state can do to help stop it -- will be the focus next week of the state's first Summit on Global Climate Change. [News Source]

Green Paper outlines EU action for climate change (Eu Business) The European Commission has published a Green Paper outlining the EU policy areas where action is needed in order to minimise the threat of climate change in Europe. One of the areas listed is research and the need to address gaps in our understanding of global warming and its impact on the environment. [News Source]

Global warming will increase world death rate (New Scientist) The increase in extremely hot summers predicted by climate change models may lead to a higher death toll – largely from heart attacks [News Source]

Arctic Ponds Disappear Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say (Bloomberg.com) July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Arctic ponds that date back thousands of years are disappearing as global warming increases evaporation rates, a development that may alter the ecological balance in the frozen north, scientists said. [News Source]

Global warming dramatically changing Arctic: Professor (Canada.com) EDMONTON - A University of Alberta scientist has uncovered dramatic evidence of climate change in the Arctic, where ponds that have been part of the landscape for more than 6,000 years are drying up as global warming has nearly doubled the length of the brief northern summer. [News Source]