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Warming world already causing dramatic changes, say scientists

NEWS: Fish, forests, birds and wildflowers affected by a wide range of impacts – human and natural – from global warming say researchers

INTERVIEW: Drive for oil, gas and hydropower threatens communities who can protect rainforest warns veteran campaigner

NEWS: An engineer has raised US$125,000 through Indiegogo for a novel way to solve water shortages in a remote mountain region of India

NEWS: Most detailed study yet of Greenland ice sheet illustrates complex process causing billions of tonnes to melt every year

NEWS: Sea ice levels showing signs of recovery, but rising temperatures spell radical change for polar region

NEWS: Rainforests are the “sweat glands” of the world and losses could wreak havoc with farming, researchers warn

NEWS: Since the decline of fur trapping, beaver populations have exploded, increasing methane generation from dammed ponds

NEWS: The Peruvian government is seeking to extradite activists who damaged world heritage site, on charges that carry 6-year jail sentence

NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands

NEWS: As Peruvian government reveals rising deforestation at Lima climate talks, indigenous people accuse them of neglect

NEWS: Climatologists’ report shows the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions as UN climate negotiators meet in Lima

NEWS: Killing of environmental activists puts Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s UN climate conference

NEWS: Scientists predict a 50% increase this century in the frequency of lightning strikes due to global warming

NEWS: The Clacton constituency of UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is particularly vulnerable to global warming, says local farmer

NEWS: Threatened by shrinking sea ice, bear is one of 31 endangered species to be given greater protection

NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office

NEWS: Taller than the Eiffel Tower, the observatory will capture vital data on how climate change is impacting the rainforest

NEWS: Global heat records fall as month by month data from US federal agency indicates world is warming

INTERVIEW: With little hard cash on the table at UN summit, biodiversity champions seek to link up with mainstream agendas

NEWS: Majuro counts cost of latest flooding as 30 ‘Pacific Warriors’ set off for Australia in canoes to highlight concerns