Impacts

ACIA - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report. The report finds dramatic changes underway and projects more severe impacts in coming decades.
Study says global warming to blame for huge wildfires. Read the press release
The Pew Center released a report on US Global Warming impacts. Read the full Pew report
Impacts of Europe's changing climate. The European Environmental Agency (EEA), presents the impacts of climate change on Europe's environment and society are shown in this report. Past trends in the climate, its current state and possible future changes are presented using 22 selected indicators.
EEA Press Release Download the full report

German scientists probing global warming say they have detected a major temperature rise in the Arctic Ocean this year and linked it to a progressive shrinking of the region's sea ice. Read the full report here.

Mt Everest reports gradual decline due to global warming. The world's highest peak, Mt Everest, is gradually losing its height due to global warming and shrinking of glaciers in the Himalayan region, according to a scientific survey released at a recent international symposium on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau held in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet.
Impacts of Climate Change in Belgium. University of Louvain report on the impact of climate change on Belgium. The report was made on the request of Greenpeace Belgium.
Vital Climate Graphics Africa UNEP Nov 2002(Climate change impacts in Africa with graphics)
Climate change photography. Views of the impacts of climate change around the world with documentation

Wildlife Responses to climate change: North American Case Studies This link takes you to information about the book and to fact sheets on the impacts on individual animals. If you have difficulty accessing information about these publications, contact the National Wildlife Federation

Warnings from the Bush: the impact of climate change on the nature of Australia
Gulf Stream slowing? Report, June 2001
United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme
Health Effects of Climate Change in US - Report
ACACIA report "A concerted action towards a comprehensive climate impacts and andaptations assessment for the European Union"
Effects on migratory birds - Nature 17th May 2001
Coral Bleaching: WWF Report Sept 2001
Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 1998 Australian Institute of Marine Science report includes information on coral bleaching as a result of warmer oceans
www.climatehotmap.org Map showing the early indicators of climate change
The Gathering Storm: The human cost of climate change. Friends of the Earth International publication (pdf)
WWF outlines the key impacts of climate changes
Health and Climate Change Executive summary from WHO report (June 2000)
Report by The Pacific Institute on "The Possible Impacts of climate changes on Pacific Island Ecosystems"
Modelling the effects of quadrupling climate change Geophysical Fluid Dynamics laboratory, Princeton
More information from the Pacific Institute on Impacts of Climate Change This is a link to a searchable bibliography on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. A useful research tool as long as you are able to track down the original articles.