The FINANCIAL -- The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and humans are to blame, a report by the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday, November 29, from Info CENN.

The FINANCIAL -- Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said on Monday, November 14, from Info CENN.

The FINANCIAL -- The mystery of how a subglacial mountain range the size of the Alps formed up to 250 million years ago has finally been solved, scientists said on Wednesday, November 16, which could help map the effects of climate change, from Info CENN.

The FINANCIAL -- An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate warms, U.N. scientists said on Friday, November 18, from Info CENN.

The FINANCIAL -- The presence of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere last year reached its highest levels since pre-industrial times, a report released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization warned on November 21, from Info CENN.