UN Climate Conference: The Countdown to Copenhagen

"In 331 days' time, 15,000 officials from 200 countries will gather in the Danish capital with 1 goal: to find a solution to global warming."

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Artistic Clues to Coastal Change

"Nineteenth Century artwork is a useful tool for studying coastal erosion, according to a retired coastal engineer."

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Swiss Glaciers "in full retreat"

"Swiss glaciers are melting away at an accelerating rate and many will vanish this century if climate projections are correct, two new studies suggest."

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Sea Level could rise by 150cm...

"Sea level rise due to global warming will "substantially exceed" official UN projections and could top 150cm by the end of the century, according to a report from the US Geological Survey on the risks of abrupt climate change. Such a rise would be catastrophic, seeing hundreds of millions of people affected by flooding."

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Climate Change: The Carbon Atlas

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The Guardian's

excellent interactive carbon atlas.

Twelve Years to Halve UK Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Britain should adopt the world's toughest climate change target and slash nearly half of its greenhouse gas emissions in the next 12 years, the Government's new climate advisory committee said yesterday in its first report.

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