-- Susan Solomon, Nature The Long Thaw is written for anyone who wishes to know what cutting - edge science tells us about
the modern issue of global warming and its effects on the pathways of atmospheric chemistry, as well as global and regional temperatures, rainfall, sea level, Arctic sea - ice coverage, melting of the continental ice sheets, cyclonic storm frequency and intensity and ocean acidification.
The confluence
of the twin
issues of Native American respect for the land and
modern environmentalists» alarm over
global warming has met in resistance to a North Dakota oil pipeline, observed Ann Wright.