WA may get drier than first feared. Global warming could make W Austraila even drier than experts had predicted, according to new climate research. [News Source]

Pacific species to invade colder Arctic. Marine animals known to inhabit the Pacific Ocean may flock to the waters of the Arctic as global warming increases water temperatures, a new study claims. [News Source]

Rainstorms worse than feared. Extreme rainstorms, an anticipated impact of global warming, appear to be striking harder with greater frequency than what computer simulations of climate change have predicted, says a new study. [News Source]

Time to chill. Fossils deposited in an Antarctic lake about 14 million years ago pin down when the now-icy continent most recently dipped below freezing. The new findings answer long-standing questions about when and how quickly Antarctica cooled. [News Source]

Polar bear, trapped by melting ice, scares off scientists there to protect it. The same scientists positioned in the Arctic to study and protect the Arctic's unique and threatened species have been chased away by a polar bear stranded on land by the rapidly melting sea ice. [News Source]

Scots ‘can expect more floods’. Scotland can expect to see more floods and landslides due to climate-change, according to an environmental charity. WWF Scotland has analysed Met Office data and found that last month was almost 1.5C warmer than the long-term average. [News Source]

Shellfish may invade North Atlantic as ice melts. North Pacific shellfish—including snails and other mollusks—may blaze a path across the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic if the sea ice melts in coming decades as predicted, a pair of scientists said today. [News Source]

Kern’s green energy boom: Firms grabbing land for wind, solar. While the high price of crude has sent local oil companies into a pumping frenzy, Kern County has quietly experienced another energy boom — one that would make T. Boone Pickens proud. [News Source]

Green investors bypass Africa. For Africa and other poor regions struggling to adapt to climate change, access to carbon-trade financing could be vital; global warming is damaging the Earth's climate faster than expected, and a severe shortfall in funds is hampering African efforts to cope. [News Source]

US military launches war on global warming. The US military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the internet. Now Pentagon officials say their green energy efforts will help America fight global warming. [News Source]

Partnership protects ducks by cutting greenhouse gases. A regional partnership funded by the federal Energy Department to study the storage of carbon dioxide in the ground is teaming with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited on a carbon credit program. [News Source]