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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_sc/climate_report_7

Climate report warns of drought, disease

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already
showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people
won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in
Belgium.

At the same time, tens of millions of others will be flooded out of their
homes each year as the Earth reels from rising temperatures and sea levels,
according to portions of a draft of an international scientific report
obtained by The Associated Press.

Tropical diseases like malaria will spread. By 2050, polar bears will mostly
be found in zoos, their habitats gone. Pests like fire ants will thrive.

On the Net:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/

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