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guardian.co.uk Spring is arriving in the Arctic weeks earlier than it did a decade ago, according to a long-term survey of life in the far north’s landscape. Rising temperatures are causing snow to melt sooner than before, extending the summer period and dramatically disrupting the fragile ecosystem, scientists said. The change in the seasons – [...]

MSNBC Deadly heat waves around the Mediterranean, like those that killed some 18,000 people in 2003, could become the norm this century if current trends in greenhouse emissions continue, researchers reported on Friday. The number of dangerously hot days in the Mediterranean region that includes parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East could increase [...]

reuters msnbc Global warming will melt most Andean glaciers in the next 30 years, scientists say, threatening the livelihood of millions of people who depend on them for drinking water, farming and power generation. Small glaciers are scattered across the Andes and have for long been a crucial source of fresh water in Bolivia, Ecuador [...]

MSNBC Indonesia has so many islands it has not been able to count them all and is having a hard time finding names for them. : Officially there are about 17,000 islands, but Indonesia’s environment minister, Rachmat Witoelar, in January said the country could lose about 2,000 islands by 2030 if sea levels continued to [...]

The Independent Britain’s astounding April, the warmest on record, has produced an astounding effect in the natural world, with at least 11 species of butterfly making their earliest recorded appearances this spring in what will be seen as the most remarkable demonstration yet of the effects of climate change on Britain’s wildlife. : Of our [...]

The Independent The accelerating destruction of the rainforests that form a precious cooling band around the Earth’s equator, is now being recognised as one of the main causes of climate change. Carbon emissions from deforestation far outstrip damage caused by planes and automobiles and factories. The rampant slashing and burning of tropical forests is second [...]

reuters Global warming is the top suspect for the disappearance of 17 amphibian species from Costa Rican jungles, scientists said on Tuesday, warning monkey and reptile populations were also plummeting. Five of the amphibian species were found only in Costa Rica, meaning their disappearance from the country’s jungles spells extinction, said Alvaro Herrero, a biologist [...]

MSNBC Extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures, researchers reported in a new study, describing the melt as “the most significant” ever observed in the 30 years satellites have been used to track such changes. The affected areas encompass a combined area as big as California. [...]

reuters Canada’s vast forests should be protected much more than they are now to preserve wildlife and water and to fight global warming, a group of 1,500 scientists from around the world said on Monday. The scientists say Canada’s Boreal Forest, stretching from the Alaskan border and running north of the plains all the way [...]

MSNBC In a dire warning about global warming’s impact on coral reefs around the world, researchers reported Tuesday that for the first time warmer sea temperatures have been conclusively linked to the severity of coral diseases that can wipe out entire reefs. : Published in the online journal PLoS Biology, the study tracked the relationship [...]