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BACKGROUND AND GUIDES TO THE MAIN ISSUES:
Frequently asked questions about the science of climate change
The politics of global warming A guide to the movers and shakers
A greenhouse timeline
Global warming quotes The world's leaders and scientists discuss climate change
Useful links Further reading on the Web

LATEST

Sun more active than for a millennium
A study of ice cores reconstructs sunspot intensity for the last 1150 years - "we are living with a very unusual Sun," say researchers
2 Nov 03

Plankton may protect Earth from icy fate
The evolution of the tiny shelled creatures ended an era of extreme ice ages and has prevented any repeat ever since, argue scientists
31 Oct 03

RECENT ARTICLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Satellite data reveals rapid Arctic warming
The overall trend over the past 20 years is eight times higher than that recorded by ground measurements over the past century
24 Oct 03

Global warming to put gardens in bloom
Plant growth across Europe and North America is set to dramatically accelerate, but weeds and insects could benefit more
12 Oct 03

European heatwave caused 35,000 deaths
August broke records for both tempature and heat-related fatalities - and worse may be to come, warn environmentalists
10 Oct 03

'Too little' oil for global warming
Oil and gas will run out too fast for doomsday global warming scenarios to materialise, according to a controversial new analysis
5 Oct 03

Global warming 'will hurt Russia'
A failure to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol would risk unleashing dangerous climatic changes at home, top Russian scientists warn
3 Oct 03

Global warming 'kills 160,000 a year'
Thousands are dying because of the 'side-affects' of climate change, such as malaria and malnutrition, says a WHO study
1 Oct 03

Supercomputer climate model whips up a storm
The initial modelling results from the world's fastest superconputer reveal virtual hurricanes for the first time
1 Oct 03

Alarm over acidifying oceans
Carbon dioxide emissions look set to acidify the oceans - the effects of this aspect of climate change are unknown, warn scientistss
25 Sep 03

Distributed climate model aims for errors
A new project will harness volunteers' computers to put error bars on the global warming predictions made by climate models
12 Sep 03

Severe floods in Europe not rising
Climate change is not causing an upward trend, finds a new study, but other factors may still mean more people suffer in future
10 Sep 03

Suffocation suspected for greatest mass extinction
The Earth's biggest ever die-off may have resulted from plummeting oxygen levels after the release of huge volumes of methane
9 Sep 03

Oldest ever ice core promises climate revelations
The continous Antartic ice core dates back at least 750,000 years - it may even cover the Earth's last magnetic reversal
8 Sep 03

South China hit by worst typhoon for 24 years
At least 23 people are killed as typhoon Dujuan sweeps across the region after clipping Hong Kong - trouble is brewing in the Atlantic too say experts
3 Sep 03

Hong Kong hit by worst typhoon for 24 years
The south-east Asian coast has taken an above average battering in 2003, and trouble is brewing in the Atlantic too, say experts
2 Sep 03

Heatwave's warning for future of farming
Europe's record-breaking hot spell has eased, but temperature changes caused by global warming are likely to transform agriculture
23 Aug 03

Europe's weird weather warms debate
A scorching heat wave re-ignites the argument over whether global warming can be blamed for an apparent rise in extreme weather
5 Aug 03

US sets out climate change research plan
The 10-year program will be the basis of any US action on global warming - critics say the science is good enough to act now
25 Jul 03

Destruction of Amazon rainforests accelerating
Satellite data reveals a huge jump in deforestation - a bid to improve Brazil's soya production may be to blame
27 Jun 03

Tree farms won't halt climate change
Planting trees to soak up carbon dioxide actually releases a surge of the greenhouse gas, suggesting the Kyoto Protocol is based on false science
28 Oct 02

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