Global warming risks incorrect says report (TVNZ) Current predictions for global warming underestimate the risk of floods and overestimate the impact of droughts by not taking into account the role plants play in absorbing carbon dioxide, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

Young Conservatives host ‘beach party’ for global warming (The Daily Toreador) The Young Conservatives of Texas hosted a "global warming beach party" Wednesday in front of the Student Union Building. Organizers spoke with Texas Tech students about current climate issues and passed out informative packets concerning global warming. Josh Brownlow, a sophomore geology major from Boerne, said the purpose of Wednesday's event was to inform students about climate change ... [News Source]

Global warming risks incorrect says report (TVNZ) Current predictions for global warming underestimate the risk of floods and overestimate the impact of droughts by not taking into account the role plants play in absorbing carbon dioxide, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

Thomas wrong on global warming (Mankato Free Press) Cal Thomas’ column denying global warming, published Aug. 20 in The Free Press, is dead wrong, in my opinion. The evidence supporting human-induced global warming is overwhelming. [News Source]

Global warming will get wetter yet – forecasters forgot the plants (Times Online) Global warming could leave Britain facing more severe flooding than existing models predict because they have failed to take account of the way that plants’ consumption of water will change with the atmosphere, scientists said yesterday. [News Source]

Flooding risk from global warming badly under-estimated: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global warming may carry a higher risk of flooding than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday by the British science journal Nature. [News Source]

UN: Humans to blame for global warming (Mail and Guardian) Mankind is to blame for climate change but governments still have time to slow accelerating damage at moderate cost if they act quickly, a draft United Nations report shows. [News Source]

Fight against global warming may hinge on ‘green’ energy investments (San Diego Union-Tribune) VIENNA, Austria – They could be powerful new weapons in the battle against global warming: turbines powered by waves or wind, or technology that scrubs the skies to recapture and recycle carbon. [News Source]

Action on global warming needed, says Gormley (RTÉ News) A new report on climate change, from the Environmental Protection Agency, has found the temperature in Ireland is currently increasing at twice the global average. [News Source]

Fund established to ease global warming problems in Asia and Africa (International Herald Tribune) The Rockefeller Foundation will invest $70 million over the next five years to help Asian cities and African farmers withstand floods, droughts and other global warming hazards. [News Source]

UN: Humans to blame for global warming (Mail and Guardian) Mankind is to blame for climate change but governments still have time to slow accelerating damage at moderate cost if they act quickly, a draft United Nations report shows. [News Source]