Alton to host town hall meeting on global warming (The Telegraph) ALTON - The first Metro East city to sign a climate protection agreement is second on the list in a series of Illinois town hall meetings about climate change. [News Source]

Winemaking Symposium “The Art of Balance” Explores the Effect of Climate Change (Blogcritics.org) Curious about how climate change will affect your favorite wine? Did you ever wonder what global warming is doing to the regions of the wine growing world? "The Art of Balance: Cool Climate Maritime Wines in a Global Context", was the topic at the Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food, and Culture August 5 and 6, 2008, a joint effort with the Long Island Wine Council and the New York ... [News Source]

Winemaking Symposium “The Art of Balance” Explores the Effect of Climate Change (Blogcritics.org) Curious about how climate change will affect your favorite wine? Did you ever wonder what global warming is doing to the regions of the wine growing world? "The Art of Balance: Cool Climate Maritime Wines in a Global Context", was the topic at the Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food, and Culture August 5 and 6, 2008, a joint effort with the Long Island Wine Council and the New York ... [News Source]

Climate change seen in recent flooding (The Japan Times) Two recent accidents have many people worried that something's gone wrong this year, that this summer is somehow different from the summers of their childhoods. If they've got a nagging feeling it's climate change, they may be right, experts say. Read the full story [News Source]

An energy diet for power-hungry household PCs. In its drive to go green, the technology industry has focused on big targets like corporations and computer data centers. Now, there is free software to help PC owners save on energy costs. [News Source]

Frozen Northwest Passage expected to open up. For only the second time in recorded history, storied Arctic channel likely to be ice-free 'in the next few weeks'. [News Source]

New map aims to help battle for Arctic territories. British researchers unveiled on Wednesday what they billed as the "first ever" Arctic map to show key disputed territories in the resource-rich region. [News Source]

Parts of Cape in danger. Greenland and the West Antarctic may sound too far away to have any effect on the Western Cape, but new research shows that melting of ice shelves could put part of the Cape coastline under water within the next 25 years, with multibillion-rand repercussions. [News Source]

Flood game shows UK cities under water. The devastating effects of climate change are laid bare in an online simulation which shows gamers the impact of flooding on British cities. [News Source]

Hibernating bats may be resilient to Wisconsin’s changing climate. Each spring, birds migrate sooner, turtles swim ashore to lay eggs earlier and flowers bloom before they used to as a result of global warming. [News Source]

Nightmare vision of Norwich in flood. With all but the highest-standing shops and roads submerged, this is the nightmare vision of Norwich under water after freak flooding has swamped the city. [News Source]