2010 Diary week 42 Climate Change Book Review These are some snippets from Foreword by Dr Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from the review of Climate Change: Turning up the Heat by A. Barrie Pittock. “An extremely eloquent statement is conveyed in the title of Chapter 4, which states ‘Uncertainty is inevitable, but …
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2010 Diary week 41 Predicting the future Book Review These are some snippets from the review of Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can’t Predict the Future: “The mother of all environmental impact predictions is the required assurance of 10,000 years of safety from the Yucca Mountain repository of the nation’s radioactive waste.” “Agencies that depend …
2010 Diary week 40 Climate Change Education Book Review These are some snippets from the review of Degrees That Matter: Climate Change and the University by Ann Rappaport and Sarah Hammond Creighton: “Global warming poses a threat to every institution in society, including colleges, universities, and their host communities. How we address the issue will …
