Tag: Climate change
5 article(s) found with this tag.
The Ethics of Climate Change A political scientist, a geologist, a philosopher, and a sociologist contemplate the ethical implications of an imminent problem: global climate change.
Winter 2012
Categories: Environmental studies, Philosophy, Political science, Sociology
Tags: Climate change, Ethics
Orrin Pilkey ’57—A climate change provocateur
Spring 2012
In August 1969, Hurricane Camille slammed into Mississippi with
winds of nearly 200 miles an hour. The storm blew many things far and
wide, including the career track of coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey
’57. Up to that point, Pilkey had...
Categories: Earth sciences, Alumni
Tags: Climate change, Geology, Ocean, Beach
Too much of a good thing
Fall 2010
Science has been
predicting and measuring our warming planet for more than a century now.
But it was only in the last two decades that most Americans came to
believe the earth’s temperature was indeed rising and that the main
culprit is the...
Categories: Biological sciences, Agriculture, Environmental studies
Tags: Nitrogen, Greenhouse gases, Nitrate fertilizer, Climate change
Time will tell
Winter 2007
Climate change is nothing new to our planet. But this time it's
different. The carbon dioxide we are putting into the air through
industry, vehicle emissions, and deforestation is changing the way our
soil works. That in turn affects plant, animal, and eventually human
life. Through their research Washington State University scientists are
challenging the conventional view that more plants and forests will
solve our CO2 problems.
Categories: Biological sciences, Environmental studies
Tags: Ecology, Climate change
The sink's nearly full
Winter 2002
Some climate change researchers have placed high hopes in forest
and grassland soils and their ability to act as carbon "sinks."
These sinks store excess atmospheric carbon and thus partially
offset the effect of increasing amounts of carbon dioxi...
Categories: Environmental studies, Earth sciences
Tags: Climate change, Soil