Walruses endure mass migration due to melting ice.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has announced the observation that between 10,000 and 20,000 mother walruses and their calves had to travel this summer to the Alaskan shore, because the ice floes, where they typically spend their time raising families, are melting so quickly that they can no longer support the walrus populations.

Geoff York, of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) global Arctic program stated, “It's something that we have never seen before in this area.  As the ice decreases, the walrus are abandoning it earlier and earlier.”
A new report also found that 17 additional species are at risk of extinction due to global warming and effects such as melting Arctic ice. 

Our thanks, US Geological Survey, World Wildlife Fund and other participating scientists for this distressing alert to the adjustments being made by walruses and other Arctic animals as they attempt to cope with human-caused climate change.

Let us act swiftly to save all beings, including ourselves.  As on previous occasions, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke with concern for the suffering of animal co-inhabitants during a May 2009 videoconference in Togo as she offered ways to explain the tolls of global warming to young people, who are key to the welfare of our planet’s future.

http://www.physorg.com/news203613652.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/13/walrus-haul-out-alaska

Further CO2 reductions could save billions in health care costs.
A new report by the European environmental groups, Health and Environment Alliance and Health Care Without Harm Europe, has found that if the European Union’s current emission reduction goals of 20% by 2020, compared to 1990 emission levels, were increased instead to 30%, the cleaner air would result in significant health benefits.

The report states that the correspondingly lower rates of absenteeism, sickness and mortality could amount to annual savings of up to €30 billion. This cost savings would also pay for approximately two-thirds of the additional emission reduction expenses. 

Bravo and many thanks, Health and Environment Alliance and Health Care Without Harm Europe, for this encouraging information. Let us join in urging governments across the globe toward further emission reduction goals for cost savings and the improved health of both people and the planet.
http://euobserver.com/9/30795
http://www.france24.com/en/20100914-health-gain-would-help-meet-cost-eu-carbon-goals-group

Extra News
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that the contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer on record with average August temperatures of 75 degrees Fahrenheit registering at 2.2 degrees above the average for the previous century.
http://www.physorg.com/news203246218.html,http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010
/20100908_augtemps.html

A new report from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) forecasts that electricity generated by offshore wind farms would abundantly meet the nation’s needs, as they could provide over nine times the current total energy usage.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/09/13/study-u-s-offshore-wind-capacity-exceeds-total-u-s-electricity-
generation/
http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2010/885.html
http://www.nrel.gov/

Coastal erosion arising from sea level rise and the extreme weather effects of global warming is threatening communities in Wales, UK, prompting officials to recommend that residents move further inland.
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Coastal-erosion-force-communities-inland/article-2627736-detail
/article.html