First UK Report on Climate Change Published

The first official report about climate change in the UK has said that there will be both problems and opportunities. Problems may include more flooding, more heatwaves and heat-related deaths and increased water shortages. However, it has also stated that shipping lanes north through the Arctic could improve, cold deaths could reduce and the crop yields might actually rise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16730834