new internationalist
issue 319 - December 1999

As global warming begins to kick in, the world's weather is changing.
Extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense.
Even where no violent weather has been observed, temperature changes are
in the offing with consequences for all life - human, animal and plant.

Extreme weather events, September 1998 - September 1999^1,2

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New Internationalist (NI) workers' co-operative exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all; and to bring to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice.