No rain in Spain. Spain is in the grip of its worst drought in 40 years. With Spain suffering badly from the impact of climate change, the main political parties are divided as to how to cope with the problem in the longterm. [News Source]

Africa: Climate change may lead to new diseases. According to the experts, climate change will lead to the emergence of new infections and the spread of old ones, further straining cash-strapped public health systems. [News Source]

Britain faces spring floods and summer droughts as climate change accelerates, warns report. Britain faces a growing number of devastating spring floods followed by droughts, climate experts have warned. [News Source]

Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe. Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires on the northern Mediterranean rim and bring milder winters to Scandinavia, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said yesterday. [News Source]

Hearing tests for polar bears. Scientists in California are testing the hearing of polar bears to try to find out whether the noises associated with melting Arctic ice could affect their ability to survive. [News Source]

Europe should spend now to avoid climate catastrophes. Europe is warming faster than the world average, creating conditions that are making the Mediterranean region dryer and the north wetter, according to a report studying the impact of global warming on Europe. [News Source]

Climate experts, biologists to ponder climate change’s effect on Florida wildlife. Worried climate experts and biologists are meeting this week in Orlando to come up with strategies for the survival of creatures that are vulnerable to abrupt changes in climate. [News Source]

Shell disease concerns lobster fishery. Chemicals, global warming are suspects in search for cause of mysterious illness striking New England lobsters [News Source]

Arctic August ice retreat fastest on record. The Arctic's fastest known August ice retreat has left the region with just a little more ice than in 2007, when ice hit the lowest levels on record, scientists say. [News Source]

Dead zones ‘a major threat.’ Higher temperatures tied to global warming, blamed by the UN Climate Panel on human use of fossil fuels, may aggravate the problem of "dead zones," partly because oxygen dissolves less readily in warmer water, a study says. [News Source]

Pollution threatens Cancun’s coral reefs. Coral reefs like Chitales, near the northern tip of a Caribbean reef chain stretching from Mexico to Honduras, are dying around the world as people and cities put more stress on the environment. [News Source]