[Andy Mayhew]

Britain & Ireland:

Glorious start to the day in dry and barren Britain

Scotland to become a 'windfarm landscape' warn planners

It never rains OR pours: what can we do about the worst British drought for 30 years?

Seasons play leapfrog as March feels just like balmy June

Hottest day of the year as Britain prepares for a BBQ weekend

Heath fires tackled across the Highlands and Islands

At 22.8c Scotland breaks record for March

'Hospepipe hotlines' to enforce drought restrictions as March heatwave continues all week

Heath fires on the rise as UK drought worsens

Record March temperature set at 21.2c in St Helier


Europe:

Tarragon shortage as poor weather wipes out crop

Venice continues slow sink, satellite readings show

Germany: Warm weather sparks early hay fever

The weather frogs - Swiss prophets with sizzling secrets

Spring snowstorm envelops Moscow


North America:

'March mildness' in Canada upstaging the winter that wasn't

Weekend heat wave spawns first smog day

Heat wave sizzles on, toppling more than 2,000 records

Warm weather puts trees on fast forward

Spring brings more cold, snow and rain

Winter storm saturates area ahead of arrival of spring

Flooding fears after wet and windy weather socks south-central US

Tornado hits San Antonio as severe weather rattles South and Midwest

'Extremely dangerous' flash floods reported in Louisiana, Texas

Anatomy of a heatwave

Warm, dry weather fuels wildfire season in Plains, Midwest

Floods continue to swamp Louisiana

Spring storm dumps on Ore valley, mountains

US heat 'unprecedented', 7,000 records set or tied

Heatwave, ice jams lead to flooding in western New Brunswick

The bizarre 'corkscrew' clouds creating a magical spectacle in the high-altitude skies over Mount Rainier


Australasia:

Wild weather continues to pound North Island

More than 20 poeple rescued in Cairns rain

'Horrifying' storm smashes Townsville homes

Get your winter clothes: the chill is nigh

Queensland's Sunshine Coast mops up after torrential rain

Jolts across the desert as earthquake strikes central Australia

Second wettest year on record for Aust

Tornado' downs trees in Leeston


Polar Regions:

Warming Antarctic brings changes to penquin breeding cycles

Mammoth's extinction not due to inbreeding


Rest of the World:

IIlegal logging makes billions for gangs

Mexico hit by strong earthquake near Acapulco

UAE: sandstorms and cold temperatures are drastic turns in weather transition


Other General & Climate News:

World warmed even more in last ten years than previously thought when Arctic data added

Fracking could pose health threat

Global sea level likely to rise as much as 70 feet for future generations

Northern lights filmed from International Space Station

Climate 'tech fixes' urged for Arctic methane

There's a thousand year wait for Titan's methane rain

Mercury's poles give up hint of ice

Previously unseen landform gives rare window into geological history of red planet.

New light shed on wandering continents

Seismic survey at Mariana trench will follow water dragged down into the Earth's mantle.

Human hunting caused extinction of megafauna

2001-2010 warmest decade on record

Temperatures could rise by 3c by 2050, models suggest

Extreme weather of last decade part of larger pattern linked to global warming

James Cameron back on surface after deepest ocean dive