The Cost of Ignoring Global Warming

Peter deMenocal, a paleoclimatologist, reconstructs and studies ancient climatic conditions by examining tree rings, ice cores, and the sediment records of lakes and oceans. Thus he has a perspective on climate change which goes back for thousands of years. His article "After Tomorrow" from the latest Orion magazine questions whether we are wise to be ignoring the potential catastrophe of global warming.


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