Experts estimate that 56 million people live in Africa's low-lying coastal zones, which could be effected by rising oceans.
An increase in temperature could result in decreased rainfall in the Amazon, while rising sea levels would cause a huge movement of populations and the loss of land, among other disasters.
Earlier this week Gov. Schwarzenegger rolled out a map showing what the city would look like under 5 feet of water -- and warned of serious problems to come.
Scientists had long believed that most of Antarctica's continent-sized ice sheet was highly resistant to global warming.
Effects of climate change have appeared far more quickly than predicted.
The Nature Conservancy hosted an event in Barcelona highlighting adaptive actions they and others are launching around the world.
The term 'refugee' applies specifically to a victim of violence or persecution who is entitled to get help and asylum in other countries, but no such status exists for people who are forced from their home by man-made climate change.
Cartifact launches interactive map that shows in detail where floods resulting from climate change would occur.
Strategy for oceans and coastlines addresses federal response to problems such as pollution, rising sea levels and ocean acidification.
U.S. defense agencies believe the effects of global warming will cause international alliances to shift and American forces will be involved in more regional conflicts.
