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Researchers at the University of Illinois in Champaign are planning for global warming by raising soybeans in the kind of atmospheric conditions forecast for the year 2050. By that time, carbon dioxide levels are expected to be about 1.5 times greater than the current 370 parts per million, while daytime ozone levels during the growing season could peak on average at 80 parts per billion (they are now 60 parts per billion).

One unknown effect of global warming is how well food crops will grow in a CO2-rich atmosphere. The conversion of sunlight through the green pigment chlorophyll in plants uses carbon dioxide and water and releases oxygen.
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Israeli generals are planning for a possible massive invasion of Palestinian territories if the current Mideast cease-fire fails. A report published by the Jane?s Information Group in London says the goal would be to destroy Palestinian armed forces and the Palestinian Authority, forcing Chairman Yasser Arafat back into exile, where he spent 12 years after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The invasion plan would be launched after another suicide bomb attack resulting in a large number of deaths, like the one at a Tel Aviv disco last month.
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The international Red Cross/Red Crescent is rethinking its disaster relief plans in light of global warming. The number of geophysical disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, has remained fairly steady over the past decade. But disasters caused mainly by weather — including avalanches, landslides and extreme temperatures — have more than doubled in the second half of the last decade.

In its World Disasters Report 2001, the Red Cross says that rather than concentrating on rebuilding damaged infrastructure, aid efforts should be directed at ?rebuilding people?s livelihoods.?
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On July 3rd at around 11 a.m., dozens of people in England saw what they described as a long silvery cigar shaped flying object. Most of the witnesses said the object appeared out of nowhere. One woman said she saw the shadow of the object first, because it was a bright sunny day, when suddenly a huge shadow swept over the nearby streets. People looked up and saw what was described as a Zeppelin or an airship.
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