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If sea levels rise by more than a metre, many coastal marshes will be submerged by seawater, even those that continue to accrete sediment.

Scientists have proposed a novel strategy to help policymakers identify and overcome obstacles to adaptation.

A global analysis of satellite data suggests that cloud cover accelerates warming, confirming results from climate models.

Consumer behaviour has partly offset improvements in the efficiency of new vehicles over the past few decades.

Short-term success in bolstering the ski industry may not prove effective much longer.

The potential for clean biomass systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may be overestimated by 30 per cent or more.

To reduce global average temperature, geo-engineering would need extra cooling in the tropics to balance out polar warming.

Irrigation's cooling effect on climate will become more complex with climate change.

An estimate of future US storm-surge damage suggests costs could swell by almost twenty per cent of the current annual average.

Available wind energy is to dwindle with atmospheric warming.

Highly populated regions may be the least affected by a scarcity of water supplied from glaciers.

Most of the Earth's monsoons are expected to shift towards summer with moderate climate change.

Hairy plants could help reflect more sunlight from the Earth's surface.

Through complex chemical reactions, the presence of one greenhouse gas depletes another.

A new approach to modelling malaria outbreaks points to multiple drivers.

In the tropics, a complex trade-off exists between expanding agriculture and keeping carbon locked up on land.

The energy efficiency of insects may plummet as temperatures rise.

Southern US states experience more variable rainfall as temperatures rise.

Rising temperatures are set to take over from direct human activity as the main spark of global wildfires.

Global warming will affect the strength of weather systems differently in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.