Books written by James Lawrence Powell
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The Inquisition of Climate Science
... science writer Chris Mooney and the other by the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization. Mooney's response included some important words: “Perhaps the only hope involves taking a stand for a breed of journalism ...
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Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West
Writing for a wide audience, Powell shows us exactly why an urgent threat during the first half of the twenty-first century will come not from the rising of the seas but from the falling of the reservoirs."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Inquisition of Climate Science
Tim Adams, “Monckton Saves the Day!” The Observer (5/6/2007). 47. George Monbiot, “This Is a Dazzling Debunking of Climate Change Science: It Is Also Wildly Wrong,” The Guardian (11/14/2006). 48. For an image of the DVD cover, ...
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The 2084 Report: A Novel of the Great Warming
From wars over limited resources to the en masse migrations of entire countries and the rising suicide rate, the characters describe other issues they are confronting in the world they share with the next two generations. “If the ...
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Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West
In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of water in the West, James Lawrence Powell begins at Lake Powell, the vast reservoir that has become an emblem of this story. At present, Lake Powell is less than half full.
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Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle
Readers of this book will discover and rediscover a great American river--one of astonishing energy and power, a majestic rival to the celebrated Mississippi.
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The Inquisition of Climate Science
In this book, readers meet the most prominent deniers while dissecting their credentials, arguments, and lack of objectivity.
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Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences: From Heresy to Truth
Nevertheless, after decades of rejection, scientists came to accept each theory. The stories behind these four discoveries reflect more than the fascinating push and pull of scientific work.
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Deadly Voyager: The Ancient Comet Strike that Changed Earth and Human History
" In language accessible to non-scientists, Deadly Voyager tells the story of how an extraterrestrial event many thousands of years ago changed earth and human history ? and how a scientific claim can be thoroughly rejected, only to re ...
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Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology
Explains how the cataclysmic-collision theory of dinosaur extinction came about and the scientific melee that ensued
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Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Follows the career of physicist Luis Alverez on his journey to prove that a comet or asteroid striking the Earth caused the end of the dinosaurs
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2084: Eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel. Mit einem Vorwort von Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Der renommierte Wissenschaftler James Powell nimmt uns mit auf eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel: Die Alpen schneefrei, Australien, Spanien und weite Teile der USA verwüstet und verbrannt, westliche Staaten führen neue Kriege um ...
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2084: Eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel
2084: Eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel
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Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle
"Not only have geologists discovered the reasons for the majestic width and depth of the Canyon, they have found that at one time the Colorado River ran through it in...
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The 2084 Report: A Novel of the Great Warming
From wars over limited resources to the en masse migrations of entire countries and the rising suicide rate, the characters describe other issues they are confronting in the world they share with the next two generations. “If the ...
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The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
Simultaneously fascinating and frightening, The 2084 Report will inspire you to start conversations and take action.
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Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences: From Heresy to Truth
How does science advance from entrenched orthodoxy to embrace new ideas? How do we come to accept as truths propositions that at first seem like heresies?
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Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West
In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of water in the West, James Lawrence Powell begins at Lake Powell, the vast reservoir that has become an emblem of this story. At present, Lake Powell is less than half full.