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Rising sea levels aren't a scientific threat – it's happening outside my window

16 Oct 2014: James Woodford: Like most people I have been concerned about climate change as an esoteric issue. But here was climate change in my actual letter box ...
Lost Louisiana: the race to reclaim vanished land back from the sea

14 Oct 2014: World’s fastest submerging state is looking to nature in an ambitious plan to turn back the tide, and to BP to fund it – but will it work?
Sea level rise over past century unmatched in 6,000 years, says study

13 Oct 2014: <strong>Guardian Australia: </strong> Research finds 20cm rise since start of 20th century, caused by global warming and the melting of polar ice, is unprecedented
US east coast cities face frequent flooding due to climate change

8 Oct 2014: From Miami to Washington DC, towns and cities on America’s east coast could see triple the number of tidal floods by 2030 as sea levels rise, say researchers
Weatherwatch: How one Scilly isle became many

5 Oct 2014: Paul Brown on how changes in sea level drowned the fertile valleys of the island of Ennor to create the rocky islands we call the Scillies
Floods, forest fires, expanding deserts: the future has arrived

28 Sep 2014: Evidence from around the world supports scientists' assertion that global warming is already happening
Why climate science denial courtesy of the New York Post measures five miles high

18 Sep 2014: Graham Readfearn: Scientists respond to climate science denialists’ claims in Murdoch-owned New York Post
Rising sea levels a 'sleeping giant' that could cost $226bn, report says

16 Sep 2014: Analysis by the Climate Council finds Australia is likely to experience rises of 0.4m to 1m, putting infrastructure at risk
Sydney’s waters could be tropical in decades, here’s the bad news…

16 Sep 2014: Adriana Vergés and Alex Sen Gupta: Our research points to a widespread ‘tropicalisation’ of temperate coastlines such as Sydney within the next few decades. This may sound pleasant, but it might not be
Your contribution to climate change: see your impact on the Earth's vital signs

15 Sep 2014: What can we, as individuals, do to help the environment? The first step is keeping a finger on the pulse of the planet. View an up-to-date snapshot of the impact your country – and humans across the globe – are having on the Earth’s vital signs
Now climate change is affecting jobs NGOs need to nurture 'green-skills'

Guardian Professional, 9 Sep 2014: A report shows climate change is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is green skills training the answer? Asks Charlotte Seager
The Pacific islands are drowning, we need the world’s help

29 Aug 2014: Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi: As prime minister of Samoa I urge the global leaders who will gather at our small islands summit next week to rise above the rhetoric and forge binding agreements on climate change
Help small island states win their battle against climate change

29 Aug 2014: Achim Steiner: Earth’s fate is inextricably linked to 52 nations facing the threat of rising sea levels – don’t let them drown
'Incredible' rate of polar ice loss alarms scientists

24 Aug 2014: A European satellite has shown ice sheets shrinking at 120 cubic miles a year in Antarctica and Greenland, writes Robin McKie
Humans now strongest driver of glaciers melting, study finds

15 Aug 2014: During the last two decades two thirds of glacial mass loss was due to humans, up from a quarter previously