Early Signs: Reports from a Warming Planet

  • Twilight of an ancient knowledge

    For centuries, New Zealand's Maoris have used intimate observation of nature to harvest eels and predict the weather. That marvelous legacy is endangered by climate change.
    By Durrell Dawson May 5, 2006

  • The woes of Kilimanjaro

    The fabled glaciers on Tanzania's majestic mountain will soon be gone. Its forests are disappearing, too. For local farmers, this could mean disaster. For the rest of us, it's another unbearable loss on an overheating planet.
    By Kate Cheney Davidson April 28, 2006

  • Before the flood

    Global warming is threatening Bangladesh's coast. But the area's tens of millions of residents don't want to move.
    By Emilie Raguso and Sandhya Somashekhar April 21, 2006

  • The vanishing of a tropical nation

    Rising seas are swamping the 33-island republic of Kiribati. Where will its 100,000 inhabitants go when their country becomes uninhabitable?
    By Aaron Selverston April 14, 2006

  • When the water runs out

    Ecuador's crops, its power grid and the drinking water for its largest city are all threatened by climate change.
    By Pauline Bartolone April 7, 2006

  • The heat on Ecuador

    Global warming is vanquishing ancient glaciers throughout South America, killing crops and threatening the water source for millions.
    By Felicia Mello April 7, 2006

  • Tuvalu is drowning

    The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
    By Alexandra Berzon March 31, 2006

  • The disappearing sardines

    As Lake Tanganyika in Africa grows warmer, its massive schools of silvery fish get smaller. And nearby villagers say goodbye to their way of life.
    By Jori Lewis March 24, 2006

  • The bears of Churchill

    In the "Polar Bear Capital of the World," vanishing ice is threatening to wipe out the polar bears -- and the town's livelihood. But Churchill's inhabitants say they'll survive.
    By Jon Mooallem March 17, 2006

  • Early signs: Reports from a warming planet

    U.C. Berkeley journalists traveled the world to report on the front lines of climate change.
    By Sandy Tolan March 17, 2006

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