Good for identifying glacial landforms

For French speakers using Morocco as a case study

Greenland is a land apart - where many people welcome global warming, dislike Greenpeace, and hope the arrival of Big Oil will transform their lives. But at what price to this pristine wilderness?

ExxonMobil and Shell compete to drill in wilderness despite Greenpeace's fears a broken well could gush for years

The world's deserts are facing dramatic changes as a result of global climate change, high water demands, tourism and salt contamination of irrigated soils.

David Rankin chases, predicts, and captures Flash Floods on video as a hobby.

Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk - the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun Walker enjoys a mini-break in deepest Siberia

patterned ground

For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have herded their reindeer along the Yamal peninsula. But their survival in this remote region of north-west Siberia is under serious threat from climate change as Russia's ancient permafrost melts

For German speakers - information on efforts to manage the glacial lake at the base of the Unterer Grindelwald glacier.

The grandchildren of today's skiers are likely to know the white peaks of Switzerland only from the wrappers of chocolate bars. A remarkable report on climate change that will be handed to European governments this week will say that the effect of rising temperatures will mean an end to snow across large areas of the Alps.

Animation showing different types of glaciers, anatomy of glaciers, glacial movement, glacial erosion, glacial deposition (and features), and glacial landscapes. Good descriptions.