Climate scientists are in consensus.1 The climate is warming and human activities are the drivers, primarily through burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Today we have twice as many hot summers as observed between 1951 and 1980, and 10 percent of the time, average summer temperatures on land are hotter than ever recorded.2 The potential warming […]
Author Archives: Carl McDaniel
Carl N. McDaniel is Visiting Professor at Oberlin College and Professor Emeritus at RPI. For three decades he researched insect and then plant development before focusing on the interface between biology and economics. He has published numerous scientific papers and four books. Most recently: At the Mercy of Nature: Shackleton’s Endurance Saga Gives Promise for Our Future (Sigel Press, 2014).