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Fantasy cartography: Redrawing the map of Europe
May 17th 2012, 1:50 from Graphic detail
Redrawing the map of Europe(19)
Geoengineering: Implicit promises
May 16th 2012, 7:47 from Print edition
A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more(84)
The sea: An ocean of troubles
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
Overfishing, global warming and pollution threaten to transform the ocean—and perhaps life as we know it(16)
Underwater hotels: Sleep with the fishes
May 4th 2012, 4:04 from Gulliver
A new underwater hotel could soon be stationed off Dubai(13)
Fiscal policy: The master of horror on taxes
May 2nd 2012, 3:16 from Democracy in America
Whether rich liberals ought to donate money to the government is a confusing and probably irrelevant question(140)
Daily chart: Climate changes
May 2nd 2012, 2:00 from Graphic detail
On land and sea, the world is continuing to warm up(519)
China and America: Meaty facts
Apr 25th 2012, 12:18 from Graphic detail
China now chomps through over twice the amount of meat as America(4)
Climate change and Canadian hockey: Melting hopes
Apr 10th 2012, 4:08 from Americas view
As winters get shorter and warmer, fewer Canadians will be able to hone their hockey skills outdoors(1)
Climate change and Canadian hockey: Melting hopes
Apr 10th 2012, 3:11 from Game theory
As winters get warmer and shorter, fewer Canadians will be able to hone their hockey skills outdoors(37)
Geothermal energy in Japan: Storm in a hot tub
Apr 4th 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
Clean bodies versus clean energy(27)
Climate change: Climate scepticism is not just American
Mar 31st 2012, 5:32 from Democracy in America
While attitudes and character don't entirely determine political beliefs or allegiances, they strongly influence the kinds of arguments you're going to find appealing(615)
Regulating carbon emissions: A blow to coal
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
New rules look set to speed the move from coal to natural gas(19)
Valuing oceans: The $2 trillion question
Mar 28th 2012, 8:28 from Babbage
An estimate of the costs of rising sea levels over a century ought to concentrate minds(96)
"Megachange: The World in 2050": It's not all gloom and doom
Mar 20th 2012, 9:18 from Prospero
OUR correspondents discuss the challenges of publishing a book that predicts how the world will look 40 years from now. They debate the prospects of 'the Chinese century' and whether environmental destruction from climate change is inevitable (5)
Rare earths and climate change: In a hole?
Mar 15th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
Demand for some rare-earth elements could rapidly outstrip supply(25)
Europe's other crisis: Greener than thou
Feb 28th 2012, 4:40 from Newsbook
A global fight over the European Union's environmental regulation(50)
Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme: No punches thrown in aviation's emissions battle
Feb 24th 2012, 9:54 from Gulliver
Retaliation to the inclusion of aviation in the European ETS is all to come(16)
Climate change: The other greenhouse gases
Feb 20th 2012, 11:24 from Babbage
America leads a welcome effort to tackle other nefarious emissions(112)
Climate-change scepticism: Trouble in the Heartland
Feb 15th 2012, 5:29 from Democracy in America
Leaked emails from the Heartland Institute provide an interesting view of one of America’s more prominent agents of climate-change scepticism(128)
Climate change and air travel: Slash emissions, fly by zeppelin
Feb 13th 2012, 3:22 from Gulliver
Environmentalists say we need to cut carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. What would that mean for air travel?(110)
Marine conservation: Bigger network, fewer nets
Feb 9th 2012, 10:25 from Babbage
When it comes to protecting the Antarctic's pristine seas, environmental goals clash with economic interests(2)
Greenhouse gas emissions: Heating up
Feb 9th 2012, 2:27 from Blighty
Why a cold year can make the planet warmer(6)
Britain and the environment: Britain's Green-minded climate change minister resigns: why that's good for the environment
Feb 3rd 2012, 2:04 from Bagehot's notebook
Why it is good news that Chris Huhne is out of the government(55)
Letters: On climate change, Alberta's energy fields, Japan, "tabling", Romania, India, airlines, online piracy, shopping, fitness
Feb 2nd 2012, 4:03 from Print edition(7)
Climate change: Heating up
Jan 26th 2012, 8:17 from Blighty
What Britain will look like when the planet warms(17)