Interesting section on tonight's "Material World" programme on Radio 4 - where some studies have been done on the floods in 2000 and they've concluded that the intensity of the rainfall is partially driven by (man-made) climate change:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yjs49
R4 Material World - Research on Y2K floods
Moderator: Peak Moderation
R4 Material World - Research on Y2K floods
Olduvai Theory (Updated) (Reviewed)
Easter Island - a warning from history : http://dieoff.org/page145.htm
Easter Island - a warning from history : http://dieoff.org/page145.htm