annotated references on climate change

A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030, Mark Z. Jacobsen & Mark A/ Delucci. Scientific American, November 2009, pp. 58-65. "Wind. Water and solar technologies can provode 100 percent of the world's energy, eliminating all fossil fuels. Scientists have been building to this mpoment for at least a decade, ana;lyzing various [ieces pf the challenge. Most recently a 2009 Stanford University study ranked energy systems accordong to their impacts on global warming, pollution. water supply, land use, wildlife and other concerns. The very best options were wind. solar, geothermal, tidal and hydroelectric power all of which are driven by wind, water or sunlight. The syudy also fpound that battery electric vehicles recharged by the above options would largely eliminate pollution from the transportation sector."

Defusing the Global Warming Time Bomb, James Hansen, Scientific American, March 2004, pp. 68-77. "Global warming is real, and the consequences are potentially disastrous. Nevertheless, practical actions, which would also yield a cleaner, healthier atmosphere, could slow, and eventually stop, the process....through study of the earth's climate, which reveals that small forces, maintained long enough, can cause climate change. And, consistent with the historical evidence, the earth has begun to warm in recent decades at a rate predicted by climate models that take account of the atmospheric accumulation of human made greenhouse gases." See here: for more.

Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock, Daniel Sarewitz & Roger Pielke Jr. The Atlantic Monthly, (July, 2000), pp. 55 - 64. Each new scientific finding only raises new questions -- meaning it is time for a new approach: if we look at practical steps to reduce our vulnerability to today’s weather, solving the problem of tomorrow’s climate would be manageable.

Involving the Public in Climate and Energy Decisions, Bernd Kasemir, et. al. Environment, (April, 2000), pp. 32-41. How Europeans interpret evidence that increasing consumption is driving human-induced global warming from CO2 emissions.

The Human Impact on Climate, Karl & Trenberth, Scientific American, 281:6, (December, 1999), pp. 100 -105. How much of a disruption do we really cause? Over the next 50 years we can broadly understand how humans are affecting global and regional climate patterns and the long residence time of greenhouse gas emissions require monitoring improvements begin now.

Case Grows For Climate Change, Bette Hileman, Chemical and Engineering News, (Volume 77, Number 32), August 9, 1999, pp. 16-23, [ISSN 0009-2347] New evidence leads to increasing concern that human-induced global warming from CO2 emissions is already here.

Trouble in Paradise: the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Florida, Adam Markham, (World Wildlife Fund Report) January, 1999-2000.

The Science of Climate Change: Global and US Perspectives, Wigley, Tom M.L. (1999), Pew Center for Global Climate Change, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, pp. 3-5. Compares evidence that increasing temperatures and CO2 emissions from human-induced global warming are closely related.

Reinventing the Energy System, Christopher Flavin & Seth Dunn, State of the World: 1999, pp, 22-40. Investigation of the means to diversify the fuel basis of industrial societies based on the concern that price inelasticity of fossil fuels for transportation will slow global development.

The Role of Science and Policy: The Climate Change Debate in the US, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Environment, (June, 1999), p. 16.

Ecologist, (April, 1999), entire edition. a comprehensive review of the science, impacts, consequences and political motivation for global warming stalemate.

Biomass Energy and Carbon Sinks David O. Hall, Environment, (January-February, 1999, p. 5.

The End of Cheap Oil, Colin J. Campbell & Jean H. Laberrére, Scientific American, 278:3 (March, 1998), pp. 78-83. Forecasts about the abundance of oil are warped by inconsistent definitions of “reserves.” In truth, every year for the past two decades the industry has pumped more oil than it has discovered, and the production will soon be unable to keep up with rising demand.

Global Climate Change, Reinhardt & Vietor, Business Management and the Natural Environment: Cases & Text, (Cincinnati, Ohio: ITP, 1996), pp. 4-44 - 4-75. A comparison of contrasting evidence leads to increasingly inconclusive debate between two options: the costs of slowing greenhouse gas emissions versus adapting to sea level rise and other externalities. “No single country could significantly affect global levels of greenhouse gases through unilateral action.”

Radiative forcing of Climate Change, IPCC, Climate Change 1995: Science of Climate Change, pp. 75- 131. Elaboration of the physics behind atmospheric gas behavior and the uncertainties surrounding oceanic and atmospheric consequences of a rapid rise of thermal insulating gases.

President Carter's reference to Global Warming in the Nobel Peace Prize Lecture