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The article reports on the PowerShift 2007, the largest gathering of college students, held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland during November 2-5, 2007, to tackle global warming issues. Brianna Cayo Cotter, communications director for the Energy Action Coalition, which organized the event, said that climate change is an issue that's already impacting the mankind, from the destruction of the Appalachian Mountains to the wildfires in California. She further added that the steps taken today will end up being the future for tomorrow.

The article offers the author's view on how climate change is causing more ozone, pollen, and asthma problems to children in the U.S. The author states that the ground-level ozone frequently reach unhealthy levels in cities on hot days making air more difficult to breath. The author notes that exposure to ozone causes coughing, throat irritation, and chest pain when inhaling. The author mentions that increased pollen problem is another result of global warming.

The article presents the author's views on the impact of climate change on public health, and how it causes diseases like asthma. He says that May is observed as Asthma Awareness Month to increase awareness about symptoms and causes of the disease. He says that the asthma rates are increasing due to climate changes, global warming and pollution. He says that increasing temperature is also triggering droughts and wildfires which affect asthma rates via high amounts of airborne dust and smoke.

The article focuses on husband and wife scientists Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick. They founded the nonprofit Ground Truth Trekking to inform people on the impact of climate change through videos, photographs and other mediums. It mentions that the couple went on a family expedition to the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska with their two children. It highlights that while traveling the couple interacts with local families.

The article offers information on the impact of the heat emitted by the cities on the weather change. It states that according to a study, heat from cities affects the weather patterns of areas thousands of miles away. It mentions that cities appear to have this major impact because they tend to be located on coasts, where ridges from high pressure and troughs of low pressure form and impact jet streams.

In this article the editor reflects on the World Meteorological Association's report "Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate," released in March 2011 providing a brief summary of dramatic weather events held globally in the past decade. The report mentions the events like Alaska having the warmest winter on record in 2001 and Canada recorded its 18th straight warmer-than-average season in the same year. He is critical about the ignorance of people towards this frequent climate change.

The article focuses on extreme weather conditions which are developed due to climate change. As revealed in a report by the nonprofit organization Environment America, global warming and extreme weather are related and the frequency of catastrophic weather events is increased. 2011 was the year of the most extreme weather years in U.S. history.

The article focuses on the organization Charcoal Project that addresses the concern of clean energy. It focuses on the climate change drivers including diesel emissions, cook stoves, and wood burning, which produces black carbon. It reports that the organization tackles world concerns including increasing the use of energy efficient stoves, kilns and sustainable fuels for the world's energy poor.

The article discusses water crisis in the Middle East. According to the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), water levels are already low for the region, which has 5 percent of the world's population and only 1.4 percent of freshwater access. It also states that about 85 percent of the Arab world's water is used for agriculture. Further it mentions that the climate change will have impact on water availability and increase droughts.

The article presents a study from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) which found that telecommuting raises home energy consumption as much as 30%. It adds that telecommuting also increases the possibility that someone will live far from a workplace which drives up pollution. According to Professor Phil Blythe, Chair of the IET Transport Policy Panel, their study highlights two important messages for policy makers which concerns climate change and carbon emissions.

The article provides information on the controversies related to the findings made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on climate change. It reports on leaked e-mails suggesting that scientists are disposing off information on contradictions to the climate change problem. It further informs that upon scrutiny by EPA, such e-mails showed no misconduct stating the reliability of information on the threat posed by climate change and need for environmental protection measures.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue including the challenges encountered by environmentalists, the implication of climate change, and the threats of H1N1 virus.

The article informs that women are the hardest hit by climate change. But it is stated to be ironical that they are left out of the discussion about how to solve it.

The article reports that climate change has already started contributing to the melting of frozen Arctic tundra, which may speed up the release of methane and carbon dioxide buried inside that tundra.