Grasshoppers offer climate change clues (Moldova.org) British researchers are establishing a public monitoring system to record sightings of 27 native grasshoppers and crickets.The system, which has been used successfully to record the spread of invasive harlequin ladybirds, will help researchers determine how climate change is affecting grasshoppers, The Times of London said Monday.Researchers said global warming is allowing crickets and ... [News Source]

Nobel laureate to speak on global warming (The Middletown Press) PORTLAND - The economic impact of global warming is the subject of a talk this evening by Gary Yohe, local resident, Wesleyan professor - and Nobel laureate. [News Source]

Global warming could send buckeye trees to Michigan (The Plain Dealer) Kiichiro Sato/Associated PressA billboard for the "Michigan Buckeyes" in Columbus. An environmentalist group claims that a shift in Ohio's climate could see the trees move north for cooler weather Global-warming predictions can send a chill down one's spine: Melting polar... [News Source]

Climate change threatens Philippines, says expert (The Herald) AFP. MANILA. Climate change could have a devastating impact on the Philippines, leading to widespread destruction of the country's flora and fauna and flooding the capital Manila, a NASA scientist warned here yesterday. [News Source]

Man-eating tigers stalk fishermen in Indian jungle. Experts fear environmental changes and shrinking land could lead to more tiger-human conflicts, with disastrous results for both. [News Source]

Cleaning up coal’s act. India and China are at the forefront of a new wave in clean-coal technology that has the potential to tap enormous and otherwise inaccessible coal reserves -- and to slow the speed of climate change. [News Source]

Critics claim deception in Calif. energy measures. Californians will vote on two ballot initiatives that at first glance would seem shoo-ins for approval in a state long associated with environmental activism. But they are more complicated and contentious than advertised. [News Source]

Texas coast faces long recovery after Ike. Ike's bitter legacy is likely to linger for months. Much of the region is covered in debris, 2.5 million people in three states lack power, the water supply has been threatened and a key center of the nation's oil and gas industry has been knocked off line. [News Source]

Global warming creating ‘environmental refugees’ . Global warming and consequent rise in the sea level is posing a threat to the population, turning them into ‘environmental refugees,’ in the Sunderbans, the largest delta region in the world. [News Source]

Runny nose, itchy eyes? Blame global warming. Recent research suggests that global warming will also exacerbate respiratory allergies, as higher CO2 concentrations lead to vast increases in ragweed pollen production. [News Source]

Wetter, warmer and wild times lie ahead. Ireland can expect to see average temperatures rise by over three degrees by the end of the century as a consequence of global warming, Met Eireann warned yesterday. [News Source]