With tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past"If you care at all about our future, you must read Runaway Climate*."* —Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute,With rising emissions, we are on track to cause rapid global warming with devastating con- sequences. But how bad could climate change get and what might it do to planet Earth and humanity?Fif...

With tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past"If you care at all about our future, you must read Runaway Climate*."* —Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute,With rising emissions, we are on track to cause rapid global warming with devastating con- sequences. But how bad could climate change get and what might it do to planet Earth and humanity?Fif...

"Give[s] . . . policymakers and concerned citizens a more thorough understanding of climate science and renewed conviction . . . on leaving fossil fuels behind." —Tom Green, Senior Climate Policy Advisor, David Suzuki FoundationA Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, and how and why human-caused global warming is different and much more dangerous.Richly illu...

By the victory of our fleet at Manila Bay, one more of the world’s side-tracked capitals has been pulled from obscurity into main lines of prominence and the average citizen is no longer left, as in days gone by, to suppose that Manila is spelt with two l’s and is floating around in the South Sea somewhere between Fiji and Patagonia. The Philippines have been discovered, and the daily journals with their cheap maps have at last located Spain’s Havana in the Far East. It is indeed curious t...

"Yesterdays in the Philippines" by Joseph Earle Stevens offers a vivid exploration of the rich history and culture of the Philippines. Through a series of engaging narratives, Stevens captures the essence of Filipino life, traditions, and the impact of colonial influences. His observations provide readers with a unique perspective on the social dynamics and historical events that have shaped the archipelago. The book serves as both a travelogue and a historical account, inviting readers to...

I love it. Earle understands the big climate picture and paints it with exceptional clarity.— JAMES HANSEN, director, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, Columbia University Earth InstituteWhat's natural, what's caused by humans, and why climate change is a disaster for allA Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, and how a...