Tuesday, June 24, 2008

1988-2008: Climate Then and Now


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Interesting reading. Follow the links to get in the way back machine.
Global warming has felt like breaking news a few times in recent years. But the first big pulse of coverage and public attention came in 1988, when the Amazon rain forest and Yellowstone were ablaze, a searing drought had farmers kicking dusty fields in frustration
I thought it might be worth inviting you all to read and “annotate” (as we’ve done with a couple of climate speeches and a polar bear decision recently) my cover story for Discover Magazine, reported through that hot year and published in the October 1988 edition.
I asked the current management there if they’d post the original article. They liked the idea, but the article was so old that it wasn’t even available in electronic form, so they had to type it up. Here’s the story, “Endless Summer: Living With the Greenhouse Effect.”
Melissa Lafsky of the magazine also did a brief e-mail interview with me, which is on their Reality Base blog.
Discover Magazine cover story on climate, October 1988
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