Does Climate Still Matter?

JH Ausubel. Nature 350: 649–652 1991

…Discoveries from Pre-History to the Present Day (Constable, London, 1986). 5. Schelling, T. C. in Changing Climate (National Research Council) 449-482 (National Academy Press, Washington, 1983). 6. Escudero, J. C. Climate Impact Assessment (eds Kates,…

Some Ways to Lessen Worries about Climate Change [PDF]

JH Ausubel. The Electricity Journal 14 (1): 24–33 2001

…sound in the world is a habit breaking. Infiltrating technology, we can avoid screams while lessening worries about climate change. Mechanisms such as the Electric Power Research Institute and the…

Reasons to Worry About the Human Environment

JH Ausubel. Journal of the Cosmos Club of Washington D.C 8 (1): 12 1998 Republished in Technology in Society 21:217-231, 1999. 

…1994. 30 – F J Sulloway, Born to Rebel, Pantheon, New York, 1996. 31 – International Labor Organization (ILO), Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 55th Issue, ILO, Geneva; International Labor Organization, World

Dis the Threat Industry

JH Ausubel. Technological Forecasting and Society Change 62 (2): 119–120 1999

The CIA for decades overstated the size of the Soviet economy and thus its threat to the USA. Worldwatchers have yearly forecast a food crisis from the exhaustion of soil…

Community Risk Profiles: Appendices

…to 1988, Mr. Ausubel was associated with the National Academy complex, serving as a Sloan Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, a Staff Officer with the National Research Council…

Chernobyl After Perestroika: Reflections on a Recent Visit

JH Ausubel. Technology in Society 14: 187–198 1992

…the scale and integration that are themes of modern research. Nationalist tendencies can also run counter to the universalist ethic of science. These comments about the complex political situation preface…

Because the Brain Does Not Change, Technology Must

JH Ausubel. Production Efficiencies: The Engineers' Report, American Association of Engineering Societies, Washington, D.C. 14–18 1999 Republished in: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic SYSTEMS 14(10):3-6, October 1999. The paper is based on a talk Jesse gave at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development meetings in New York in April 1999.

…The spectrum of national achievements also shows how far most of the world economy is from best practice in decarbonization. The present carbon intensity of the Chinese and Indian economies…

Community Risk Profiles: Background

…no means comprehensive, is the issue of scale. Geographically speaking, some environmental problems are global in scope and, as such, require national and international attention, albeit still requiring individual contributions. Some problems…

Deep Carbon Observatory videos

The Deep Carbon Observatory, which Jesse Ausubel has helped create and manage, offers some new short, enjoyable videos about its work. For example, Deep life Volcano prediction…