…New York City’s tasty waster, vineyards in Bordeaux, and the National Park designated around the precipitous waterfalls of Yosemite. Moreover, there is some – unknowable – chance that our activities…
…keyed to the information revolution and later to the electrification of travel. Exhibit 4. Growth Pulses in World Per Capita Energy Consumption (tons coal equivalent) Total world consumption is dissected…
…their territory to support more people. In fact, by Roman times the English had already cleared a large fraction of their land for crops and animal husbandry. English population shows…
…flocking together. The reptilian brain makes most of the sensational news and will not retreat. Our brains and thus our basic instincts and behaviors have remained largely unchanged for a…
…of many Americans left those lands behind and harder to understand why people have fought so hard over them. Sometimes people fight most where the stakes are low. Certainly rural…
…some of the likely main components of the program. History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) In 1497 English fishers returned from Newfoundland with news that “the sea there is swarming…
…R. W., Ausubel, J. H. & Berberian M.) 251-272 (Wiley, Chichester, 1985). 7. Weihe, W. H. Proceedings of the World Climate Conference 313-368 (World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 1979). 8. New York Times, 1…
…by the New York Academy of Sciences with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, explored scientists’ roles in the diplomacy between Israel and Egypt, Argentina and Brazil, and the…
This paper first appeared in: Scientific Cooperation, State Conflict: The Role of Scientists in Mitigating International Discord, A. L. de Cerreno and A. Keynan, eds, Annals of the New York Academy…
…New York Times, 25 June 1991, Section D, p. 9. Starr, C. 1990. Implications of continuing electrification. In Energy: Production, consumption, and consequences. ed. J. L. Helm, pp. 52-74. Washington, DC: National Academy….