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Abstract. There is growing concern in Europe about the possible rise in the severity and frequency of extreme drought events as a manifestation of climate change.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

Mighty River Jordan matters more than any other river – for three religions, for the people living alongside it, for thousands of years of history and as both a joint resource and a dividing line for countries in today's rather difficult political environment.

It is not the extra few feet of water that make sea level rise so dangerous. It;s the extra few feet during a storm during El Nino during high tide, say researchers.

guardian.co.uk

Sep 9, 2012

Caribbean coral reefs are in danger of disappearing, depriving the world of one of its most beautiful and productive ecosystems

KELLY SLIVKA

August 15, 2012

Scores on the Ocean Health Index ranged from 36 (Sierra Leone, in West Africa) to 86 (Jarvis Island in the Pacific).

WASHINGTON — The sea level off most of California is expected to rise about one meter over the next century, an amount slightly higher than projected for global sea levels, and will likely increase damage to the state's coast from storm surges and high waves, says a new 

Robert Bowen

AP reported today that thousands of fish died just last week in the Midwestern United States because the heat wave made the rivers too hot. At the same time a leading scientist said statistical analysis confirms the blistering heat is a result of climate change.

population at risk from the coastal flood damage by 2080

the rising of sea level by the end of the century.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The earth's environmental systems "are being pushed towards their biophysical limits," beyond which loom sudden, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes, the United Nations Environment Program warned Wednesday.