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1. Global warming: is it already too late?

Author

Lynas, Mark

Subjects
*GLOBAL warming, *GLOBAL temperature changes, *CARBON dioxide & the environment, *CLIMATE change, *CLIMATOLOGY, *AIR pollution, *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation
Abstract

Presents an essay on climate change and global warming. Rise of carbon dioxide levels; Paper published by the United Kingdom Meteorological Office's Hadley Center in "Nature" regarding the results of a computer simulation of the future global carbon cycle; Impact of methane hydrate failure on the global environment; Reference to the motion picture "The Day After Tomorrow"; Need for global warming to be addressed in the political arena; Military implications of climate change.

Published
2004

2. A long, hack summer on Fleet Street.

Subjects
*CLIMATE change, *GLOBAL warming, *BRITISH newspapers
Abstract

In this article the author reviews the performance of various British newspapers on the subject of climate change and global warming. The piece was written in light of record high summer temperatures in the U.K. in 2006. The conservative papers, the "Times," "Sun" and "Evening Standard" featured writers unconvinced by the idea of global warming. He also comments favorably on "The Guardian" newspaper's new "G2" supplement.

Published
2006

4. 'My life has been one mass of visions'

Author

Mossman, Kate

Subjects
Climatologists -- Interviews, Banks (Finance), Global temperature changes, Pollution, Climate change, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

James Lovelock, the prophet of Gaia, has just celebrated his 100th birthday. At home in Dorset he talks about climate change, green politics, the mysteries of existence, the resilience of [...]

Published
2019

5. Climate change deniers, a royal debacle and the tyranny of open-plan offices

Author

Wilby, Peter

Subjects
Aboriginal Australians -- Environmental aspects, Global temperature changes -- Environmental aspects, Newspapers, Indigenous peoples, Television, Television broadcasting, Climate change, Timber, Fundamentalism, Mass media industry, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Climate change deniers, with Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers and TV channels to the fore, have an explanation for the unprecedented fires that devastated large parts of Australia. It's all the [...]

Published
2020