Reprint. Originally published: New York : OR Books, 2011.

Collection of seminal texts on climate change from the phenomenon's discovery in the late 19th century to the present. Divided into three parts--Science, Politics, and Impact--this book presents opposing viewpoints, including essays and excerpts by scientists, politicians, novelists, religious leaders and others.

On the influence of carbonic acid in the air upon the temperature on the ground / Svante Arrhenius -- The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature / G.S. Callendar -- Carbon dioxide exchange between atmosphere and ocean and the question of an increase of atmospheric CO₂ during the past decades / Roger Revelle and Hans E. Suess -- The Keeling curve / Dave Keeling -- Statement of Dr. James Hansen / James Hansen -- Summary for policymakers : the science of climate change / IPCC Working Group I -- The "anthropocene" / Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer -- The scientific consensus on climate change / Naomi Oreskes -- Target atmosphere CO₂ : where should humanity aim / James Hansen et al. -- Causes of the Russian heat wave and Pakistani floods / Jeff Masters -- from Earth in the balance / Al Gore -- "The battle to control reality" from The heat is on / Ross Gelbspan -- Remarks at the Kyoto Climate Change Conference / Al Gore -- "Is your stomach too full?" from Earth odyssey / Mark Hertsgaard -- The science of climate change : Senate floor statement / James M. Inhofe -- from State of fear / Michael Crichton -- from An inconvenient truth / Al Gore -- from The green collar economy : how one solution can fix our two biggest problems / Van Jones -- Climate generation : the evolution of the Energy Action Coalition's strategy / Billy Parish -- To really save the planet, stop going green / Mike Tidwell -- Climate rage / Naomi Klein -- This is fucked up--it's time to get mad, then busy / Bill McKibben -- The green generation / Adrienne Maree Brown -- The population myth / George Monbiot -- Global warming twenty years later : tipping points near / James Hansen -- Speech at Klimaforum / Mohamed Nasheed -- from The end of nature / Bill McKibben -- John 5:1-9 / Sally Bingham -- Climate change : an evangelical call to action / the Evangelical Climate Initiative -- An abrupt climate change scenario and its implications for United States national security / Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall -- "The briefing" from Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers / Arundhati Roy -- Images / David Breashears and E.O. Wheeler -- Climate change and agriculture / Vandana Shiva -- Images / Gary Braasch -- The darkening sea : what carbon emissions are doing to the ocean / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Nepal's farmers on the front line of global climate change / John Vidal.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-415) and index.

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