Global Warming Heats Up (Cover Story)
The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame. Why the crisis hit so soon—and what we can do about it

Feeling The Heat (Cover Story)
Global warming is already disrupting the biological world, pushing many species to the brink of extinction and turning others into runaway pests. But the worst is yet to come

The Impact of Asia's Giants (Cover Story)
How China and India could save the planet—or destroy it


Combat Fatigue
Taiwan's voters are tiring of the island's rancorously divided politics and of President Chen's provocative stance towards China

10 Questions for Charles Schumer (Interview)
TIME talks to the U.S. Senator at the end of his recent trip China


Milestones

Letters
A Divided Iraq

Volatile Liquidity (Curtain Raiser)
Volatile Liquidity

Fishing for Compliments (Amuse Bouche)
Here's to some of Sydney's greatest seafood restaurants

Weddings, Parties, Anything (Check In)
Hold your next bash in the Grand Hyatt Taipei's modernist marvel

This Season's Designer Reading (Style Watch)
The latest hot titles from the world of design

Mile-High Style (TIME Traveler)
Meet the new boutique airlines