1.   A leading climatologist has claimed that global warming will increase the risk of structural damage to buildings and will need to be tackled with new building regulations.

2.   Global warming would only increase that risk.

3.   Global warming increases the evaporation of water on the planet, and the number and intensity of storms.

4.   Global warming may be increasing the snow-melt from the Himalayas that is carried into India by the rivers.

5.   In parts of Alaska, the warming has increased tree growth, but in others it has reduced precipitation and increased winds.