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Various stress factors can cause corals to lose their algae which destroys the habitat.

The Maldives face a looming environmental disaster. Rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten these Indian Ocean paradise islands with environmental extinction.

As sea level rises, coastal inhabitants respond by building barriers. In the long term, planning that allows wetlands to migrate inland is recommended.

Using climate, water resource, and topographical data, GIS allows resource managers to predict possible impacts of climate changes based on historical and current trends.

U.S. Global Change Research Program shows evaporation is dominating other effects of higher temperatures, challenging the future of a huge fresh-water supply.

Tuvalu representative to the United Nations, Minute Alapati Taupo, tells the UN of the troubles facing his "sinking island".

Ancient end of time beliefs conformed to the desire for order from chaos and an ethical basis of human relationships within the framework of inevitable cataclysm.

According to the United Nations rising sea levels, largely as a result of climate change, may potentially displace millions of people from coastal areas and river deltas.

An inquiry by Australian parliamentarians has found that the coastline faces a major threat from climate change.

Some rocks in the core of the Appalachian Mountains are more than 1 billion years old and construction of the mountains relates to the Supercontinent Pangea.

Recent observations show that many of the world's glaciers are shrinking as global atmospheric and ocean temperatures increase at an alarming rate.

Polar climate change is now affecting Antarctica. The changing Antarctic environment will have global impacts on sea levels and local impacts on the fate of the penguins.

Science projects can take advantage of Google Earth technology to develop studies over a period of months or years to determine the impact on the earth by humans.

Glaciers have impacted much of the world's landscapes at one time or another. Learn how they form, how they thrive and how they die.

Many world-renowned gardens utilize both natural and manipulated microclimates to achieve drama and beauty. Designers of Sissinghurst Castle Gardens in Kent, England and Butterstream Gardens, in County Meath, The Irish Republic exploited existing structures like old brick walls and buildings along with natural influences such as compass direction, water, and large trees. The Isle of Wight surrounded by waters of the Solent is a "working example" of bodies of water influencing a regional or neighborhood microclimate.

An overview of the pacific island of Tuvalu with general information about the nation as well as specific details on revenue, lifestyle and travel.

Recognition of threats and pressures that Piping Plovers face has lead to effective conservation measures. In Canada; the species is making a slow recovery.

After much argument and controversy, the biggest public works project in Italian history is under way, but is it too little, too late?

No list of hiking would be complete without mention of the Na Pali Coast. Where majestic mountains meet surging sea. A rare glimpse of an untouched Hawaii.

Canadian history is traditionally thought to have begun with the arrival of the first Europeans. Recently more focus has been given to the first inhabitants of Canada

Nuclear Power has been ignored in the past in favor of alternative energy sources. Here are the pros and cons of the nuclear option in the fight against global warming.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program releases a report describing climate change impacts on the U.S. and how the country might mitigate and adapt to the changes.

The entire story of human social evolution that has led to modern civilization has been shaped by the extreme temperatures of the Current Ice Age.