It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we
In the bewildering days after diagnosis of a severe disease, patients learn two daunting facts: One, no doctor has all the answers, and two, there are no answers, only odds. For readers (and their fam
Global momentum is building to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So far, so good. Theless happy news is that Earth's temperatures will continue to rise for decades. And evidence showsthat climbing temp
The Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather Second Edition is a thoroughly up-to-date resource with many additions, and revisions since the publication of the First Edition in 1996. In over 330 entries,
Scientists Debate Gaia is a multidisciplinary reexamination of the Gaia hypothesis,which was introduced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. The Gaia hypothesisholds that Earth's ph
Scientists Debate Gaia is a multidisciplinary reexamination of the Gaia hypothesis,which was introduced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. The Gaia hypothesisholds that Earth's ph
