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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

Darwin shows faint signs of life

Greek dam dooms Byron's wetland

Earth

Review: Revisionists welcome, ranters not

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

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?

Pinatubo points to vulnerable climate

Worst-hit areas lose out in plan to cut acid rain

Review: America under the global greenhouse

Review: Nothing wriggled, nothing moved on the seafloor

Special coastal sites wiped off the map

Draining life from Iraq's marshes: Saddam Hussein is using an old idea to force the Marsh Arabs from their home