tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237368575415340913.post7958244204772032384..comments2023-01-17T07:07:30.034+11:00Comments on Booknotes: Requiem for a Species: Clive Hamilton's new book.Peter Donoughuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02697552041984454181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237368575415340913.post-40443620473521030842010-03-31T21:06:37.872+11:002010-03-31T21:06:37.872+11:00Anyone familiar with (1) the basic laws of physics...Anyone familiar with (1) the basic laws of physics and chemistry; (2) climate change observations and measurements around the world over the last 40 years or so; (3) reports by the world's major science research organizations (NASA, NSIDC/Colorado, Hadley, Tyndall, Potsdam, CSIRO, BOM) and (4) the peer review science literature, realizes that dangerous climate change is as well established as, for example, Darwinian evolution, plate tectonic theory, the connection between CFC-ozone destruction, HIV-AIDS or smoking and lung cancer, and that it is a plethora of non-sciece factors, including ideological (man-over-nature, anti-environmentalism), psychological denial and vested interests, which are preventing the world from taking the necessary measures to avoid the worst - 4 degrees C warming, loss of the polar ice and many metres sea level rise.<br /><br />Dr Andrew Glikson<br />Earth and paleoclimate science<br />Australian National University<br /><br />31-3-10Andrew Gliksonnoreply@blogger.com