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London climate resilience tested as flood barrier rises 11th time in 11 days

Thames Barrier shuts for 11th time in 11 days as rains and high tides combine to threaten capital

Storms blast through the UK with renewed vigour, causing flooding and transport problems across the country

Mangroves are colonising new areas in northern Florida, moving up the coast because the frequency of very frosty days is falling

Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say

RTCC speaks to five REDD+ experts to see what the rainforest preservation scheme has achieved, and where it goes from here

Funds will allow Congo Basin countries to start developing national strategies to reduce rainforest destruction

To the surprise of researchers, the warming waters of the fjords of the Antarctic Peninsula have an abundant and diverse population of marine life

Climate change is likely to damage populations of bats which hunt their insect prey with high-frequency ultrasonic squeaks

Bitter dispute over indigenous people’s forest rights resolved, paving the way for implementation of forest protection scheme

London’s flood defences will be tested tonight by a strong tidal surge, which has caused parts of country to be evacuated

Over last 12 years Earth lost approximately 2.3 million square kilometers of forest – an area slightly smaller than Argentina

The false widow is old news. Here is RTCC’s selection of creatures you should be worried about as the world warms up

Olafur Grimmson tells audience in London severity of situation in Polar regions demands international attention

Backed by six countries, Brazzaville Declaration is latest effort to slow destruction of valuable habitat

Malaysian palm oil lobbyists accuses EU of making “politically motivated” attacks on industry, during attempts to strength SE Asian relations

Researchers from Texas found Amazonia’s dry season has lasted a week longer each decade since 1979 due to climate change

Decline in the productivity of marine organisms could affect 470 to 870 million of the world’s poorest people warn scientists

Disruptions to mating patterns of Christmas Island red crabs will disrupt multiple ecosystems across the tropics

As climate warms, scientists in Greenland warn the small Arctic shrubs could stop absorbing carbon and start emitting it

New review agrees with the IPCC that the oceans are absorbing warming caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases