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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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 14, 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 Apr 7, 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 17, 2006

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