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Howe traces the history of climate change from a scientific oddity in the late 1950s to a topic of fierce debate among politicians and environmental activists who fear that. Mckibben wrote this book in 1989 when global warming was still referred. Answering your questions about the science, the consequences, and the solutions by jeffrey bennett sep 1, 2016 4. From unstable agriculture to the drought in california to melting ice sheets to. But even so, the world meteorological organization predicted in november that 2016 would most likely beat 2015 to become the recordwarmest year, the first time such a global. The latest democratic party platform compares the fight against global warming. Why global warming is scarier than climate change time. Romm born june 27, 1960 is an american author, blogger, editor, physicist and climate expert, who advocates reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies. This is a list of climate change books that describe, as a major theme, the effects of human activity on. It may surprise many people to know that global warming is in the bible. The medieval warming, which, by every indicator, was significantly warmer than today, is the event 800 to a years ago which is causing the co2 level to increase now. They include a pulitzer winner and an illustrated comic.