Best Climate Science
Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist whose work profoundly shaped 20th-century science. He established the theory of electrolytic dissociation, explaining how substances dissolve in water, and proposed an early mathematical model for the greenhouse effect. His research laid foundational groundwork...
Syukuro Manabe was a pioneering Japanese-American scientist whose research fundamentally advanced our understanding of Earth’s climate system. He developed some of the earliest and most sophisticated computer models demonstrating the link between increased carbon dioxide concentrations and global wa...
The Sixth Extinction examines Earth’s history of mass extinctions and argues that we are currently driving a sixth, largely due to human impacts on the environment. Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the scientific evidence demonstrating biodiversity loss linked to climate change and habitat destruction...
Climategate refers to the 2009 release of private email exchanges from researchers at the University of East Anglia. These communications sparked considerable debate regarding data analysis practices and research methodologies within climate science. The controversy fueled public skepticism about es...
Charles Keeling was an American scientist whose meticulous work established a foundational dataset for understanding Earth’s atmosphere. Beginning in 1958, he continuously monitored atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory. This sustained record, now known as the Keeling Cu...
Wallace Broecker was a pioneering American geophysicist whose work profoundly shaped our understanding of Earth’s climate system. His research focused on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a critical ocean current that influences global temperatures. He became known for his early and p...
This volume zeroes in on the most critical aspect of climate action: actively reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases. It details technologies ranging from renewable energy infrastructure to large-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It provides a technical yet readable overview of the engine...
Klaus Hasselmann is a German theoretical scientist renowned for his pioneering work in climate modeling. His mathematical techniques enabled researchers to isolate human-caused influences from natural variability within the Earth’s climate system. This was crucial for understanding contemporary clim...
Rita Colwell is a prominent American microbiologist recognized for her groundbreaking research in public health and environmental science. Her work established critical connections between cholera outbreaks, climate variations, and contaminated water sources. Colwell’s investigations significantly a...
