Colorado River drought. The south-western US is suffering its eighth consecutive year of drought. There are concerns that the Colorado River, which has sustained life in the area for thousands of years, can no longer meet the needs of the tens of millions of people. [News Source]

End of an epoch. For the last 10,000 years or so we've been blessed with an unusually mild and consistent climate but stratigraphers - the experts who decide this stuff - say we're now in a whole new scene brought on by us. [News Source]

World Bank says Asian cities at risk. The World Bank has urged Asian cities to come up with climate resilient programmes to safeguard people from natural hazards triggered by climate change and rising sea levels. [News Source]

Stinging wasps moving north due to warming? Insect stings have been on the rise in Alaska, and experts think that global warming could be to blame. [News Source]

Missing fossils could warn of extreme climate to come. Did the tropics overheat during the Eocene some 55 to 34 million years ago? The answer may hold the key to how our planet will respond to global warming. [News Source]

EPA report says climate change may impact Western states. Degraded air quality, urban heat islands, early snow melt, wildfires and heat waves in the Intermountain West may all be the result of climate change interacting with changes in land use and demographics, according to a new report from the federal EPA. [News Source]

Ice adrift from warming scrapes Antarctic seabed bare. Rapid warming along the Antarctic Peninsula is causing more skyscraper-sized icebergs to break free, drift, and scour away practically all life along swaths of the seafloor, according to a new study. [News Source]

Warmer temps, more kidney stones. Scientists predict a steady rise in the U.S. incidence of kidney stones — a medical condition largely brought on by dehydration — as the planet continues to warm. [News Source]

Move species threatened by warming, scientists advise. People should help species threatened by climate change move to new habitats, researchers argue in a new paper. [News Source]

The car of tomorrow has an extension cord. Forget hydrogen. The car of the future has an extension cord and a great big laptop battery. [News Source]

Gore’s challenge. Al Gore says we should shoot for 100 percent carbon-free electricity in ten years. How practical is it? What are the political implications? [News Source]