Global Warming Affecting Maryland (ABC 2 Baltimore) A climate-change report prepared for state lawmakers says temperatures and sea levels are expected to rise in Maryland in coming years. [News Source]

Get ready to itch and sneeze. A warmer planet could mean we'll suffer more (and stronger) allergies. The impact of global warming and increased CO2 on allergies is being studied by government agencies, scientists and doctors. [News Source]

Stinging tentacles offer hint of oceans’ decline. From Spain to New York, to Australia, Japan and Hawaii, jellyfish are becoming more numerous and more widespread, scientists say, due to overfishing, rising sea temperatures caused in part by global warming, and pollution. [News Source]

Climate change’s health impact a hot topic for Dallas County agency. The effects of climate change will make some people sick and place new burdens on many local health departments, according to two new national reports. [News Source]

Climate report forecasts smaller, hotter Maryland. Look for balmier winters and blistering summers in the decades to come. And a different mix of plants, trees and birds by the end of the century, worsening dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay, and a dramatically smaller state due to rising waters. [News Source]

Sierra warming: Climate change puts heat on high country. No longer is climate change a distant drama of shrinking polar ice caps. As year-round ice fades from the saw-toothed summits of the Sierra Nevada, it's clear an unwelcome reality is at our doorstep. [News Source]

Prospectors sift through America’s garbage. Trash is no longer just an environmental liability. It is becoming a financial asset. And it is everywhere. The calculus is simple: as the prices of oil and other raw materials rise, recycled products become more attractive. [News Source]

A gray mark on area: smog. As summer heat increases the odds of smog alerts, more stringent federal standards raise questions about the region's air quality. [News Source]

How the West was lost. Driving up the interior of British Columbia is like watching the death march of a single tree hit by the mountain pine beetle. [News Source]

For second year in a row, melt may open Northwest Passage. Alaska's warm weather this summer has all "gone north." Way north. Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center say strong, southerly winds from the North Slope have devoured a huge swath of Arctic ice larger than the state of Texas in the heart of the Beaufort Sea. [News Source]

Ribbon seal may be early warming victim, group says. Frustrated by a lack of regulations to limit global warming, a conservation group is looking to spur action with the aid of Arctic animals. [News Source]