World at Risk - Year 12 Edexcel Geography

Action cannot be put off until the economic storm has passed. The poor countries most vulnerable to the extreme weather associated with climate change need help now

The vast solar and windfarm project across North Africa and the Middle East may provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050

Controversial 'fracking' technique to extract gas from the ground was the 'highly probable' cause of earth tremors, report finds A controversial "fracking" technique to extract gas from the ground was the "highly probable" cause of earth tremors which hit Lancashire's Fylde coast earlier this year, a report concluded today.

A thick layer of pollution over the Indian Ocean may be creating atmospheric conditions that promote fierce cyclones

Hydraulic fracturing has been linked to two earthquakes in the UK earlier this year - now a report says the fracking "most likely" caused the quakes

Final draft of a report from the UN climate panel warns that weather extremes will come at a huge cost

Many parts of the United States could be devastated by extreme climatic, geophysical and geological episodes over the next 18 months:

Artificial clouds and creating colossal blooms of oceanic algae are among the ideas scientists say must now be considered

Carbon dioxide produced from power generation, captured and stored, could help combat climate change

Plans for the UK's first carbon capture project at the Longannet power station in Fife have been scrapped, the energy secretary has confirmed.

A light, taunting shower of rain fell in Funafuti recently. It lasted minutes, with the slightest film of moisture quickly burned away by the bright sun, dashing the hopes of this crowded, parched atoll. Funafuti and the other eight tiny islands that comprise the Pacific nation of Tuvalu, home to slightly more than 10,000 people, have not seen substantial rainfall since last November.

Think of solar arrays and you'll probably picture panels under blistering desert heat - but we may be able to get more energy from solar panels on snow-capped mountains. Kotaro Kawajiri at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology mapped solar irradiance across the globe in collaboration with colleagues in Japan.

Inaccurate information, poor management and nature have all combined to unleash one of Thailand's worst floods in decades. When the newly elected government of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office in early August, it wasted no time in rolling out populist policies catered to its up-country supporters, putting in motion the legacy of Yingluck's brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a military coup five years ago and later convicted and exiled for corruption.

Which of the following accounts for the largest share of the UK's carbon footprint? All our holiday flights, all the power used in our homes or … Russia? Okay, so it's kind of a trick question, but according to a scientific paper published this week, we might reasonably conclude that the answer is Russia - though to understand why it's necessary to go back a couple of steps.

Thailand's prime minister has urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground as the country's worst floods in half a century begin seeping into the capital's outer districts. The warning came one day after the government opened several floodgates in a risky bid to let built-up water flow through the city's canals toward the sea.

A study by an independent scientific project, set up in the wake of the "Climategate" email affair, concludes the Earth really is warming.

Berkeley Earth's land surface temperature data from 1800 to 2009, showing overall warming since the industrial revolution