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A long dry season . . .: Prolonged drought in Mediterranean countries has sparked off a frenzy of engineering projects to save water. Forecasts predict drier times to come
News
Darwin shows faint signs of life
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Greek dam dooms Byron’s wetland
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Earth
Review: Revisionists welcome, ranters not
Books & Arts
Greenprint for rescuing the Rhine: Orthodox methods for cleaning up the Rhine have been only partially successful. Now the nations responsible are starting to back the ecologists’ vision of a river fit for salmon
Features
Carbon dioxide’s taxing questions: Can Britain and the other industrial nations meet the deadline agreed a year ago for stabilising emissions of carbon dioxide? And do they need to do more?
News
Pinatubo points to vulnerable climate
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Worst-hit areas lose out in plan to cut acid rain
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Review: America under the global greenhouse
Books & Arts
Review: Nothing wriggled, nothing moved on the seafloor
Books & Arts
Special coastal sites wiped off the map
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Draining life from Iraq’s marshes: Saddam Hussein is using an old idea to force the Marsh Arabs from their home
News