Early Signs: Reports from a Warming Planet - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/early_signs_reports_from_a_warming_planet/?source=rss&aim=early_signs_reports_from_a_warming_planet en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT Twilight of an ancient knowledge By Durrell Dawson Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/05/maori/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/05/maori/index.html?source=rss 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. The woes of Kilimanjaro By Kate Cheney Davidson Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/28/kilimanjaro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/28/kilimanjaro/index.html?source=rss 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. Before the flood By Emilie Raguso and Sandhya Somashekhar Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/21/bangladesh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/21/bangladesh/index.html?source=rss Global warming is threatening Bangladesh's coast. But the area's tens of millions of residents don't want to move. The vanishing of a tropical nation By Aaron Selverston Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/14/kiribati/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/14/kiribati/index.html?source=rss Rising seas are swamping the 33-island republic of Kiribati. Where will its 100,000 inhabitants go when their country becomes uninhabitable? When the water runs out By Pauline Bartolone Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/ecuador2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/ecuador2/index.html?source=rss Ecuador's crops, its power grid and the drinking water for its largest city are all threatened by climate change. The heat on Ecuador By Felicia Mello Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/ecuador/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/ecuador/index.html?source=rss Global warming is vanquishing ancient glaciers throughout South America, killing crops and threatening the water source for millions. Tuvalu is drowning By Alexandra Berzon Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/31/tuvalu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/31/tuvalu/index.html?source=rss 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"? The disappearing sardines By Jori Lewis Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/24/dagaa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/24/dagaa/index.html?source=rss 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. The bears of Churchill By Jon Mooallem Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/17/churchill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/17/churchill/index.html?source=rss 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. Early signs: Reports from a warming planet By Sandy Tolan Fri, 05 May 2006 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/17/sandy_tolan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/17/sandy_tolan/index.html?source=rss U.C. Berkeley journalists traveled the world to report on the front lines of climate change.