Greenland Melt Accelerating

The rate of ice loss on the continent of Greenland is accelerating, adding to sea level increase. Evidence for this comes from NASA's Grace satellite, monitoring the situation. If Greenland lost all it's ice, sea levels would rise by a cataclysmic 7 metres globally.

Amazon Deforestation Down

Amazon rainforest deforestation drops by 45%, and is lowest on record, extremely good news as far as global warming is concerned, bearing in mind the amount of CO2 the Amazon absorbs through photosynthesis. Brazil is looking for an 80% reduction in deforestation by 2020.