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* An officer and a weatherman

For centuries, ships’ logbooks recorded everything from the state of the ship’s supplies to the progress of momentous battles. But the most valuable insight for modern times may come from sailors’ observations of the weather

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 180 issue 2424 – 06 December 2003, page 40

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=1&id=mg18024245.900

* Doomsday scenario

For 10,000 years since the last ice age humanity has had an easy ride. But now our persistent meddling could trigger abrupt and irreversible changes

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 180 issue 2422 – 22 November 2003, page 40

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=1&id=mg18024225.300

* Meltdown!

Glacial lakes may look the picture of tranquillity but, as global warming thaws huge amounts of ice, they are a very real threat to thousands of people living downstream

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 176 issue 2367 – 02 November 2002, page 44

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=2&id=mg17623675.400

* Joburg or bust

So much for progress. After a decade of unprecedented global economic growth, the number of people living on less than a dollar a day has barely changed. And the free goods from nature – such as bushmeat and firewood – on which the poorest people depend are disappearing.

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 175 issue 2356 – 17 August 2002, page 37

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=2&id=mg17523565.900

* Ask the experts

For Canada’s hard-pressed Inuit, climate change is far more than a distant threat. Sue Armstrong visits the people who are tackling the consequences head-on

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 172 issue 2315 – 03 November 2001, page 36

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=4&id=mg17223154.500

* Scenario 1 — Climate

Burning fossil fuels and using the atmosphere as an open sewer has turned out to be a recipe for disaster. The Earth is warming and the pace is quickening. Where will it end? Tune in to the late 21st century to find out…

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 170 issue 2288 – 28 April 2001, page S2

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=4&id=mg17022888.100

* Never say die

As the world warms, what’s in store for the Amazon rainforest? Nicola Jones goes digging for clues from the ice age

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 169 issue 2275 – 27 January 2001, page 36

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=5&id=mg16922754.400

* Kicking the habit

Petrol. We can’t live with it, we can’t live without it. Burning it in the engines of our cars causes pollution and global warming. But we’re hooked. We need a cleaner, greener fuel, and lots of it. Here it is…

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ vol 168 issue 2266 – 25 November 2000, page 34

http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=5&id=mg16822664.400