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Climate Change

Beavers are drought insurance
by Scott Norris
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 9

Moving Green Mountains
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 13

Do Trees Grow on Money?
by Fred Pearce
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 14

Is It Contagious
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 40

Dangerous Games
by Catherine Brahic
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 48


The Heat of Battle
by Eric Wagner
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 7

Boreal Forests Aflame
by Emma Marris
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 11

No Room at the Top
by Eric Wagner
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 12

Alarming or Alarmist
by Eric J. Steig
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 38

The Price of Power
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 7

Forecasting Desertification
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 11

Saint Ursus Maritimus
Icons are about simplicity and clarity. No gray areas. But what happens when the real polar bear clashes with the symbol it has become?
by Jim Robbins
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 12

The Vision Thing
Imagine swapping Tony Blair for Winston Churchill. Would it transform the timid politics of global warming?
by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 28

The Courage of Prediction
by W. Wayt Gibbs
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 31

Viewer Discretion Advised
Review of Burning Ice: Art and Climate Change
By Natalie Jeremijenko
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 40

Cold Climate Evolution
Species come and go faster near the poles
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 9

Slow-Growth Forests
Climate change may stunt rather than spur tree growth
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 11

That Sinking Feeling
We dig fossil fuel out of the ground, burn it and fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, and then plant trees to soak it back up. If only it were so simple.
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 22

Email, Phone, Data: All in One Fish
Tracking marine life with BlackBerry technology
by Eric Sorensen
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 35

When Worlds Collide
Climate change will shuffle the deck of plants, animals, and ecosystems in ways we've only begun to imagine.
by Douglas Fox
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 28

Personal Carbon Accounts
British scheme would cap an individual's carbon pollution.
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 36

Are We Putting Tigers in Our Tanks?
The connection between biodiesel, land use, and habitat loss isn't easy to pin down, but it isn't easy to ignore, either.
by Staff
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 40

One Big Fix
A prominent scientist's proposal for countering climate change says volumes about our plight.
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 48

Carbon Credits on eBay
Subsistence farmers sell ecosystem services in a virtual marketplace.
by Amanda Hawn
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 38

Evolutionary Tinkering
A small group of latter-day Noahs is beginning to explore radical new ways to help species ride out the currrent wave of extinctions.
by Scott Norris
Vol. 7 No. 3 (July-September 2006) page 28-34

A Warm, Comfortable Blind Spot
"I'm beginning to think that there is more to humanity's reluctance to tackle climate change than fear of prohibitive costs, inconclusive science, and political gaming..."
by Tim Flannery
Vol. 7 No. 3 (July-September 2006) page 48

Environmental Heresies
Over the next ten years, the mainstream environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism on population growth, urbanization, genetically engineered organisms, and nuclear power.
An Interview with Stewart Brand
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) page 22-27

Get Real
Behind the hue and cry over the Kyoto climate change treaty is one nagging but rarely reported reality: even if every nation in the world complied to the hilt, it would hardly approach solving the problem.
by Katherine Ellison
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) page 28-34

Raising the Bar on Kyoto
New standards require projects to save more than just carbon.
by Adelheid Fischer
Vol. 7 No. 1 (January-March 2006) page 38-39

Code Blue for Conservation
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus say environmentalism’s heart has stopped. But making the movement more “progressive” may finish off the patient. Are there better prescriptions?
by Charles Alexander
Vol. 6 No. 3 (July-September 2005) page 14-19

No Easy Way Out
Human Health, wildlife disease, and conservation are inextricably linked. Yet, modern medicine has fostered the profoundly dangerous illusion that we are above or apart from the natural world.
by Mark Jerome Walters.
Vol. 5 No. 3 (Summer 2004) page 20-27

Will Climate Change Catch Us Off Guard? Print Only
New data reveal that the species most in trouble could be the ones we least expect. And by the time we see it, we might be too late.
by Alison Cameron et al.
Vol. 5 No. 2 (Spring 2004) page 28-29

Can Species Keep Up with Climate Change? Print Only
by Jay R. Malcolm, Adam Markham, and Ronald P. Nielson
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Spring 2001) page 24-25

Articles highlighted in Journal Watch:

Hidden Effects of Climate Change
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 13

Outsmarting Extinction
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 7

Showy Males Most Vulnerable to Warming
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 11

Earlier Spring, Bigger Fires
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 9

Greenhouse Gas Puts the ‘Poison’ in Poison Ivy
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 8

A Nugget of Hope for Coral Reefs
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 13

Climate-Driven Epidemic Wipes Out Frogs
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) page 7-8

Wolves Buffer Scavengers against Climate Change
Vol. 6 No. 3 (July-September 2005) page 7-8

Helping Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change
Vol. 4 No. 4 (Fall 2003) page 8

Warmer Climate Linked to Earlier Frog Calling
Vol. 2 No. 4 (Fall 2001) page 7

NASA Helps Conservation Biologists Get the Big Picture
Vol. 2 No. 4 (Fall 2001) page 9

Kyoto's Global Warming Controls Could Harm Forests
Vol. 2 No. 3 (Summer 2001) page 6