Elizabeth Kolbert

At edge of Peruvian Andes, tracking impacts of warming

In the popular imagination, global warming threatens cold-adapted species, like polar bears and Emperor penguins. However, Silman and many other ecologists have come to believe that climate change is likely to have just as great an impact, indeed probably an even greater impact, in the tropics.

September 11, 2012

Society

The Anthropocene debate: marking humanity’s impact

Is human activity altering the planet on a scale comparable to major geological events of the past? Scientists are now considering whether to officially designate a new geological epoch to reflect the changes that homo sapiens have wrought: the Anthropocene.

May 17, 2010

A new approach in the Senate to putting a price on carbon

As climate and energy legislation continues to founder in Washington, Senator Maria Cantwell says it’s time for a new strategy. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Cantwell explains why her bill can avoid the pitfalls of cap-and-trade and win the support of the public.

April 21, 2010

The Climate of Man — 1

Disappearing islands, thawing permafrost, melting polar ice. How the earth is changing.[Long well-written article on climate change.]

April 25, 2005

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