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EU on track for 2020 targets...maybe
The European Union's greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory report, compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA), shows that emissions have not only continued their downward trend in 2008, but have also picked up pace. Emissions from the 27 member states stood 11.3 % below their 1990 levels, which is over half way to the target of a 20% reduction by 2020.
Global Temperatures in May highest ever
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature in May 2010 was the warmest on record, at 0.69 degrees Celsius (1.24 degrees Fahrenheit) above the twentieth century average, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Storm Surge Threat in North Sea
Millions of people who live in low-lying coastal areas of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the UK are at risk from a severe storm surge.
Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast'
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.
Image courtesy of Abby Lowell