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Memorable Stories of 2008

Online Editor Michael Todd highlights meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web.

Core of the Problem

The National Ice Core Laboratory tries to answer one question: As the Earth warms, will sea levels rise three feet? Or 30? Or even more?

Climate Change Gets a Voice

UPDATED: President-elect reportedly selects physicist John Holdren as his consigliere on science.

Skip the Donut, Save Gas

Obesity and excessive fuel consumption are generally seen as serious but separate problems. But that was before University of Illinois computer science professor Sheldon Jacobson discovered where the blubber hits the road.

Protect a Levee, Protect the World

A method of buttressing California's aging levees shows promise for capturing carbon dioxide.

Thinking Ahead: Let's Favor Long Term Over Short Run

Lawrence Summers and Richard Zeckhauser say politicians and bureaucrats should spend more time thinking about long-range policy.

Escape From Kyoto: Saving the Protocol

The right to weasel out of greenhouse-gas agreements might be just what’s needed to make them work.

How to B Good

B Lab wants to separate companies that merely claim they are responsible from those that actually do good in the world. But can a logo really change the way America does business?

A New Stones Age

The EPA acknowledges, finally, that climate change will have public-health implications, increasing the incidence of heart disease, allergies, asthma, tropical diseases and … kidney stones.

Dream Memo

The climate change memorandum we can only hope for.