Boy am I glad that we have Andy Revkin. Not only is DotEarth a wonderful blog, and not only does Andy write intelligent, thoughtful articles about the environment and climate change for the New York Times, now he's put together a Science Topics page at the Times on global warming. He promises "that it'll be a 'living document,' with more features, links and content added as needed."
Here's the first paragraph, but you should head over and read the whole thing.
Here's the first paragraph, but you should head over and read the whole thing.
Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse gases - produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests. On the other, the technological, economic and political issues that have to be resolved before a concerted worldwide effort to reduce emissions can begin have gotten no simpler, particularly in the face of a global economic slowdown
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