Meet the Author: Fred Pearce, Thu 5/3/07

By Bert Gambini, WBFO

East Aurora, NY – Fred Pearce, author of With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change

Thursday, May 3rd at 7 p.m.
Roycroft Inn, East Aurora

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Believing that everyone needs to understand exactly what is happening on the planet, Pearce consults with experts on ocean currents, polar ice, the carbon cycle, methane, and soot; reports on the rapid melting of polar ice and the Siberian permafrost, the "brown haze" of Asia, and record-breaking heat waves, droughts, and wildfires; and explains that because the earth's systems are intricately interconnected and finely calibrated, small alterations can have abrupt and enormous consequences. Pearce presents a cogent rundown of the findings that establish greenhouse gases as a global warming catalyst and, most disturbingly, provides careful analysis of evidence indicating that climatic change has never been gradual.

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