It is becoming apparent that climate change will result in a very different Earth for future generations. Many changes are now una..
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Rapid Change in the Arctic
Published on 2011-10-22 22:53:51
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) has issued its latest Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic report (SWIPA), with recent data on changes in the arctic and how they will affect us all. The major finding is that changes the Arctic is changing faster than previously projected. The report calls attention to the social and economic implications of these changes. But most of us don't live in the Arctic, so why should we care what happens up there? Sea Level Many ne
The Rising Sea--Book Review
Published on 2011-07-02 18:24:58
The Rising Sea by Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young (details here from Island Press, or check this link), is well worth reading. Pilkey (Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, and Founder and Director Emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines within the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University) and Young (Professor of Geosciences at Western Carolina University) know the science of the shoreline in great detail, and convey their story in relatively accessible prose. Th
Storms of My Grandchildren--James Hansen
Published on 2011-07-02 17:54:44
Serious Science for Critical Times [Crossposted from Doc's Green Blog.] Dr. James Hansen has written a personal, idiosyncratic, urgent, heartfelt book about climate change, past and future. The reader can feel his frustration at the stubborn inaction of governments in the face of what he sees as a looming disaster. But one also feels the warmth, the grandfatherliness, advertised by the book's title. Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance
