Rural communities best equipped to deal with climate change, says UN report. Rural communities which protect nature and exploit forests, wetlands and wildlife sustainably will be the best equipped to cope with the droughts and floods that will increasingly hit Africa, Asia and Latin America with climate change. [News Source]

Hundreds of penguins take the quick way home, riding air force jet to the South Atlantic . Environmentalists say it is not know why the penguins were stranded so far north, but suggest they could have been carried beyond their usual range by a flow of warm water. [News Source]

Tibet moving on climate change threat. Scientists consider Tibet's weather fluctuation testimony of global warming and worry that herders will face more extreme weather conditions and degradation of the grassland in coming years. [News Source]

Climate change to increase chances of flooding, disease, researchers say. Extreme rainfall events in Wisconsin will become 10-40% stronger as the climate continues to change, resulting in greater potential for flooding and waterborne diseases that often accompany high sewage diversion into Lake Michigan, researchers predict. [News Source]

Melting polar ice cuts pollution in Straits of Malacca. Within five years, fewer ships could be plying the waterway when the Northwest and Northeast Passages through the Artctic become fully navigable. The result will be less pollution in Malaysian waters and reduced erosion of the country's coastline. [News Source]

Iceland glacier melting fast. Iceland's glaciers could all be gone by the next century, thanks to global warming, a new government report says. Video. [News Source]

Arctic grows stormier. The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. [News Source]

Nearly all big Alaskan glaciers in retreat or thinning: Agency. More than 99 per cent of Alaska's large glaciers are in retreat or thinning, according to a new book by the U.S. Geological Survey. [News Source]

First council since Second World War set up to look at food security. Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, has set up the council to advise the government on the affordability, security of supply and the environmental impact of food production. [News Source]

Climate change threatens Australian fisheries. Climate change threatens Australia's A$2.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, but may create new wild fisheries as tropical marine species move south as sea temperatures rise. [News Source]

African environmental research helps world. Africa was chosen for its suitability as a living laboratory and a global indicator because, unlike in the developed world, intensive land use here is relatively recent. [News Source]