HOT TOPICS

		Foreverglades: How long until the Everglades are lost to rising sea levels? Sea level rise threatens the Everglades and the whole of south Florida

		Wearing a swamp rat: Can fashion stop erosion in the Mississippi delta? A project in Louisiana believes fashion can help stop erosion. A designer is making bags and clothes out of Nutria, a burrowing rodent devastating the banks of the Mississippi.

		Cajuns under threat: Oil companies increasing erosion rates in Mississippi delta The wetlands of the Mississippi delta are disappearing fast with far-reaching implications for the Cajun community.

		Million dollar homes lost as Nantucket erodes away Mansions are sliding in to the erosion and rich home-owners are trying everything to stop the land loss. But are they doing more harm than good?

		Sea level rise - an effect with an address New mapping techniques allow people to measure exactly how much sea levels will affect their lives.

		Flooding on Colombia's Caribbean Coast Climate change adaptation strategies for communities living just metres from the Caribbean.

		Sea level rise threatens the Orinoco Delta Indigenous tribes struggling to find drinking water as salt water intrudes into the delta.

		Indigenous indians threatened by hydro-electric dam in rainforest Indigenous Indians are on the warpath in the Amazon to defend their lands against the creation of hydro-electric dams.

		Can Guyana's sea defences withstand sea level change? How do you protect a capital city that is almost three feet below sea level?

		Eating the Amazon Europe’s demand for cheap meat is dramatically changing the landscape of the Amazon. Rainforest around Santarém has been replaced with fields over the last five years thanks to the advent of soya farming in the area.

		Can sustainable forestry work in the Amazon? Iwokrama is an area of protected forest in the heart of Guyana, but can it generate sufficient income without cutting down all the trees?

		Buffalo trample the Amazon How water buffalo are damaging the Amazon's floodplain

		Salt water poisoning threatens Ghana Thousands of people being harmed as high tides force salt water into water supplies in Western Ghana

		The end of the line: Ghana's fishing in crisis Overfishing by international fishing fleets are devastating the waters off Ghana

		Saving a town from erosion in Ghana Sea defences begin to turn around a town that has lost 900m of coastline in the last century. But is it enough?

		Deforestation in Liberia: a low carbon economy or commercial forestry? If developed countries do not act to support countries like Liberia for protecting their carbon stocks, they will continue to chop down their trees to fuel development.

		Thousands of tonnes of sand taken from beach to build houses Sand extraction on the Freetown Peninsula is devastating the coastline

		Why Sierra Leone will not get a voice at the Copenhagen conference Can developing countries ever get an equal voice at climate conferences?

		Communities at risk of being washed away in Sierra Leone's poorest slums Slum dwellers in Kroo Bay refuse to move house despite annual floods

		Environmental education in Guinea Bissau A mobile laboratory shows people that being environmentally friendly will improve the quality of your life

		Gambia's shrinking slave island James Island's historic slave fort and one of Gambia's key tourist attractions is falling into the estuary

		National clean up day in Gambia Roll up, roll up, it’s Set Settal! That is Gambia’s National Clean-Up Day.

		Gambia's beaches lost to the rising tide Now you see it, now you don't. Corruption and short-sightedness are not helping Gambia's coastline

		Mangrove planting prevents coastal erosion in Senegal An excellent example of soft sea defences in action

		Sea level rise threatens Atlantic bird migrations Rising sea levels are washing away birds' nests and threatening their food supplies in Mauritania

		French government to re-design Mont St Michel causeway to preserve coastline New bridge to replace causeway and allow erosion to take its course around island settlement

		Climate change refugees seek to leave Africa Will migrant-watch become climate-watch?

		Travel Health Three hypochondriacs hit the road

		Changing ocean currents: Sardines Head South Fishing stocks in Morocco are declining as sardines follow the shifting ocean currents

		The vulnerable: Women and climate change in Morocco Why are women more vulnerable to climate change in Morocco?