 Iceland: life on global warming's front line
(Environmental News Network: Tue, 08 Apr) If any country can claim to be pitched on the global warming front line, it may be the North Atlantic island nation of Iceland. On a purely physical level, this land of icecaps and volcanoes and home to 300,000 people is undergoing a rapid transformation as its glaciers melt and weather patterns change dramatically.
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 Global warming makes you sick
(ZDNet: Tue, 08 Apr) Global warming is also a health crisis, says the World Health Organization. Speaking as part of yesterday's World Health Day festivities, Director General Dr. Margaret Chan said the increased storms, floods, droughts and heat waves accompanying warming are already stressing health systems worldwide. Examples?...
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 Global warming threatens to flood Manila – WHO
(Philstar.com: Tue, 08 Apr) The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that Asia ’s “delta megacities” like Manila and Calcutta in India “could be threatened” by river and coastal flooding brought about by global warming.
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 Global warming technology lags
(TVNZ: Tue, 08 Apr) The UN climate change panel seriously underestimated the need for new technology in its reports on what it will take to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming, ecology and economy experts said.
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 Global Warming Poses A Threat To Human Health: UN
(Malaysian National News Agency: Tue, 08 Apr) UNITED NATIONS, April 8 (Bernama) -- The United Nations has warned that global warming and its effects including a rise in air and sea temperatures and extreme weather patterns, not only endanger the planet but also pose a "major threat" to human health, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Tuesday.
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Chemists say CDs, eyeglass lenses could help stem global warming
