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8226;Metro, a British newspaper, March 2007

8220;The future of the ash tree is in doubt because of a killer beetle and a warming climate, and with it, the complicated relationship of the baseball player to his bat.8221;

8226;New York Times article about ash trees, whose wood is used to make baseball bats, July 2007

8220;Climate change could be about to claim a new victim 8212; the fashion industry. Designers and industry experts fear that the traditional seasonal collections which have formed the backbone of the business may become meaningless due to the increasing unpredictability of the weather.8221;

8226;The Daily Telegraph, October 2007

8220;Beer will be in short supply, more expensive and may taste different as climate change affects barley production, a scientist says.8221;

8226;News.com.au news.com.au/, an Australian Web site, April 2008

8220;More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of Texas.8221;

8226;Agence France-Presse, July 2008

8220;Global warming has added an extra layer of anxiety to what people are already feeling.8221;

8226;Sandy Shulmire, a practitioner of ecopsychology, quoted in The New York Times, February 2008

That last one, come to think of it, isn8217;t so far-fetched. Looking for more reasons to worry? numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htmkeeps tabs on hundreds of anxiety-inducing articles about the warming world.

8226;The Washington Post