CNN has a story today [1] on the melting of Zugspitze [2], the last glacier in Germany. Economic losses are already resulting, despite the efforts of locals to slow down the melting by creating an anti-glare shield [3] to reflect sunlight away from the glacier.
Links:
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/30/germany.glacier.reut/index.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugspitze
[3] http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1266299,00.html
[4] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1041
[5] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1370
[6] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1371
[7] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1372
[8] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1373
[9] http://www.desmogblog.com/germanys-last-glacier-gone-by-2025