November-December issue feature articles:
THE OCEANS ARE COMING ASHORE
Climate change means not only rising sea levels but the prospect of more destructive coastal storms, incursions of saltwater into fresh, and other disruptions. What to do?
THE HYDROGEN EXPERIMENT
So far, most of the world's response to the challenge of climate change has been just talk. But in Iceland, the public and private sectors are beginning a quest to make their country the first to be powered by an oil-free and coal-free energy system. Scientists, politicians, and business leaders have conspired to put into motion a grand experiment that may end the country's--and the world's-- reliance on fossil fuels forever. The island has committed to becoming the world's first hydrogen economy over the next 30 years.
by Seth Dunn