A slowdown or even collapse of the Gulf Stream System as a result of global warming has long been a concern of climate scientists and has fueled the imagination of Hollywood.
We are dealing with scientific facts, not politics. And the facts are clear. Climate change is a direct threat in itself, and a multiplier of many other threats.
Scheidel argues that economic inequalities are usually narrowed most effectively as a result of cataclysmic events: war, revolution, the collapse of states and natural disasters.
We face many of the same changes as ancient civilizations, the question is whether or not we’ll be able to introduce technological innovations that allow us to withstand these threats and adapt to change.
On the history of climate science, with the scope on the public perception.
Carl Sagan's keynote speech before the 5th Annual Emerging Issues Forum at NC State University
With unchecked emissions of climate pollutants
Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
James Lovelock visits the University of Kansas in 1991 to deliver a guest lecture on his still-controversial and provocative Gaia Hypothesis.
