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Father of Global Warming Issues, Dr. Keeling, Dies at 77. He was best known for the Curve that was named after him and which described long-term changes in carbon dioxide and subsequently the carbon cycle. The oscillating, climbing "Keeling curve" of carbon dioxide concentration is arguably the single graph that best displays human impact on the environment.
posted by carmina on Jun 23, 2005 - 4 comments

Only a couple of years ago, it used to be like that: Gore continues to cling to the creed of his fellow Earth-worshippers that the unproved theory of global warming will vaporize us all unless government steps in and forces us to reshape our lives and lifestyles. Under Gore, we'd trade in our SUVs for the transportation equivalent of Yugos. Unemployed people could be absorbed into environment-related positions that would promote the secular dirt gods with the zeal of Buddhist temple fund-raisers. But now (a bit late for the last Kyoto decision-making gathering...) we get this: Evangelical Leaders Swing Influence Behind Effort to Combat Global Warming (NYT link). Is this a real swing in people's opinions despite prominent polemic by the likes of Michael Crichton and George Will? Or just an aberration in mainstream (evangelical) thinking?
posted by carmina on Mar 10, 2005 - 53 comments