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HEAT THE POOR

sotpg1slide.jpg Source: CO2: UNEP Vital Climate Change Graphics, February, 2005; HEAT: Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research; POVERTY: World Bank


WHAT'S FOR DINNER

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Source: Greenpeace


WATER DISTRIBUTION

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Source: The New Atlas of Planet Management


BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER, MORE

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Source: "Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment," Science, September 16th, 2005


SPECIES EXTINCTION

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Source: "Extinction Risk from Climate Change," Nature, January 8th, 2004


DIFF'RENT SMOKES

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Source: Seed Research


NOT A DROP TO DRINK

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Source: World Health Organization, UNEP


FLATLINING

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Source: EPA


RETREAT FROM THE SUN

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Source: NASA


GRASS IS GREENER

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Source: US Census 2000


BAD, WORSE, WORST

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Source: Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change

More for Earth Day 2006

The APR/MAY 2006 issue of Seed offers seven new ideas to curb global warming. To get them all, click here.

For web-only interviews with activists, scientists and policymakers, who give their assessments and outlooks on our planet, click here.


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