Bangladesh ‘is growing’ due to freak environmental conditions. Bangladesh is often held up as the 'ground zero' of climate change, with environmental experts predicting that rising sea levels could engulf much of the country of 150 million people within the next 50 years. [News Source]

Floating cities in the pipeline for climate refugees. Climatologists around the world agree that sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century. [News Source]

Arctic tourists evacuated because of global warming. Thawing permafrost, eroding lakeshores, a melting glacier and fears of flash floods at a national park on Baffin Island have forced the evacuation of 21 tourists and led officials to declare much of the wilderness reserve off-limits. [News Source]

Take action on air quality to curb threat to health, report says. Canadian decision-makers, governments and stakeholders must step up their efforts to prevent global warming from threatening the nation's air quality, increasing the spread of diseases and causing premature deaths. [News Source]

Climate fear as giant ice sheets break off Arctic shelf. Giant sheets of ice measuring over seven square miles have broken off the largest remaining ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic, in a development consistent with climate change predictions. [News Source]

Global warming research lacks scope, study says. Many biologists who are studying the potential impacts of climate change on different species and the environment could be coming to faulty conclusions unless they widen the scope of their research, a new Canadian study suggests. [News Source]

NOAA official says bay’s health is a global issue. The sea level in the Chesapeake Bay has risen about a foot in the past century, about twice the global average, the NOAA’s Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., said. He predicts the Bay will rise as much as another 23 inches in the coming 100 years. [News Source]

Wind energy: Much potential, but also daunting challenges. Pioneers in the emerging wind-power industry are touting their product as The Next Big Thing as they chart a course to produce at least 20 percent of the nation's electricity in just over two decades. [News Source]

Climate change? Blame your stuff. To cut energy use, save money and, while you're at it, live a greener life, you can turn down the air conditioning, back off the accelerator, hop on a bike. [News Source]

Green revolution emerges in smokestack China. China, pilloried as the world's biggest polluter, has quietly taken a lead in moving to a low carbon economy, an independent climate advisory group said on Friday. [News Source]

Chinese plant to capture CO2 to thwart climate change. The CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change. [News Source]