Climate change heats up Arctic geopolitics

MONTREAL (AFP) - Global warming has the United States and Canada scrambling to overhaul their strategies for controlling North America's vast Arctic, as sea passage grows easier and natural gas resources beckon.

Heat wave tightens grip over India

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A heat wave in northern India tightened its grip Friday, prompting some schools to shut early to prevent sunstroke attacks, officials said.

Britain basks in hottest April since 1865

LONDON (AFP) - Britain has enjoyed its warmest April for more than 140 years, with an average temperature of 11.1 degrees Celsius, meteorologists said Saturday.

Ice shrinks, birds migrate early in warmer Arctic

INSIDE LONGYEARBYEN GLACIER, Norway (Reuters) - A Norwegian glacier has shrunk on an island 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole, a usually frozen fjord is ice-free and snow bunting birds have migrated back early in possible signs of global warming.

Climate change sees fish grow faster in warmer water

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Climate change is affecting the growth of fish, with those living in warmer, shallow waters growing faster and species in cooling deep ocean waters growing slower, according to an Australian study.

More marine animals sickened by acid

LOS ANGELES - Rescuers worked Saturday to save more dead and dying dolphins and sea lions that have washed up on Southern California beaches, believed poisoned by a naturally occurring toxic acid.

The algae population goes through an annual increase as ocean waters warm, but biologists say this year's bloom is especially early and extensive.

Fire crews contain 70 pct. of Ga. blaze

WAYCROSS, Ga. - Firefighters have managed to contain about 70 percent of the largest wildfire in Georgia history, which had charred 100 square miles of forest and swampland, officials said Sunday.

Warming Kicks Frogs While They're Down

As if frogs and other amphibians around the world didn’t have enough to worry about with a killer fungus spreading rapidly and humans encroaching on their habitats, now global warming seems to be affecting one of the few pristine habitats the frogs have left, a new study suggests.

Man vs. Nature and the New Meaning of Drought

Drought has been the standard forecast in the southwestern United States for the past decade, and as global warming dries out this and other regions around the world, and booming populations cause more water shortages, the word is likely to be tossed around even more.

Warming Climate Reverses Sex of Lizards

High temperatures can reverse the sex of dragon lizards before they hatch, turning males into females.

Australia's drought linked to global warming

SYDNEY (AFP) - An unprecedented drought that has withered Australia's major food production zone could be a taste of things to come as global warming ramps up, experts said Friday.

Australian drought belts conomic growth

SYDNEY (AFP) - A radical Australian government plan to cut water to drought-hit farmers risks turning the nation's food basket into a dust bowl and will hobble national economic growth, according to experts.

Global warming imperils Himalayan glaciers

BEIJING (Reuters) - Global warming could wipe out large areas of glaciers in the Himalayas and surrounding highlands, threatening livelihoods across much of Asia, climate scientists said in Beijing on Monday.