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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The future : six drivers of global change.by Al Gore.INTRODUCTION.LIKE MANY FULFILLING J
The future : six drivers of global change.by Al Gore.INTRODUCTION.LIKE MANY FULFILLING JOURNEYS, THIS BOOK BEGAN NOT WITH ANSWERS but with a question. Eight years ago, when I was on the road, someone asked me: "What are the drivers of global change?" I
- 101 243 Alexander Graham Bell Glenn Kessler, "Herman Cains Rewriting of Birth-Control History," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, Fact Checker blog, November 1, 2011, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/herman-cains-rewriting-of-birth-contr
- 102 Tam, "Scientists Seek to Unravel the Mystery of IQ."261 link genetic information about a child to intelligence "Bob Abernathy's Interview with Francis Collins," PBS Religion and Ethics Weekly, November 7, 2008.262 eventually genes
- 103 277 decoding other parts of the connectome is thereby accelerated Joshua T. Vogelstein, "Q&A: What Is the Open Connectome Project?," Neural Systems & Circuits, November 18, 2011. 278 scans of body parts, tracks blood flow in the brain to neurons
- 104 294 a ferment that continued into the twentieth century Ibid. 295 First used by Teilhard de Chardin Ibid. 296 "Shortly after, the human era will be ended" Vernor Vinge, "The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human
- 105 Quest Means Business, CNN transcript, November 8, 2012, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1211/08/qmb.01.html; Nick Gla.s.s, "Pitch Perfect: The Quest to Create the World's Smallest Hearing Aid," CNN, November 9, 2012, http://www.cnn.c
- 106 327 digital devices on the surface of the brain and, in some cases, deeper within the brain Wilson, "Bionic Brains and Beyond"; Allison Abbott, "Brain Implants Have Long-Lasting Effect on Depression," Nature, February 7, 2011. 328 acti
- 107 344 the promise of actually boosting intelligence Jamais Cascio, "Get Smarter," Atlantic, July/August 2009; Ross Anderson, "Why Cognitive Enhancement Is in Your Future (and Your Past)," Atlantic, February 6, 2012.345 as little stigma a
- 108 "Artificial t.e.s.t.i.c.l.e, World's First to Make Sperm, Under Development by California Scientists," Huffington Post, January 19, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/artificial-t.e.s.t.i.c.l.e_n_1215964.html.361 the first so-ca
- 109 377 "three-parent babies" David Derbys.h.i.+re, "Babies with THREE Parents and Free of Genetic Disease Could Soon Be Born Using Controversial IVF Technique," Daily Mail, March 12, 2011. 378 genetic modification is one that will affect
- 110 394 embryos for such traits as hair Hvistendahl, "Will Gattaca Come True?"; Kleiner, "Designer Babies." 395 and eye color Kleiner, "Designer Babies." 396 skin complexion Ibid. 397 "98.1 percent of death-row inmates do&qu
- 111 Alok Jha, "Look, No Embryos! The Future of Ethical Stem Cells," Guardian, March 12, 2011. 411 was awarded the 2012 n.o.bel Prize in Medicine Nicholas Wade, "Cloning and Stem Cell Work Earns n.o.bel," New York Times, October 8, 2012. 41
- 112 427 extreme caloric restriction extends the lives of rodents dramatically Taubes, "The Timeless and Trendy Effort to Find-or Create-the Fountain of Youth."428 adjustment has the same effect on longevity in humans Gina Kolata, "Severe Diet D
- 113 444 Malaria has also been reduced significantly United Nations, Millennium Development Goals Report 2011.445 Although an ambitious effort in the 1950s to eradicate malaria "Malaria Eradication No Vague Aspiration, Says Gates," Reuters, October 1
- 114 For various articles on physical activity and inactivity see issue of Lancet 380, no. 9838 (2012): i, 187306; Matt Sloane, "Physical Inactivity Causes 1 in 10 Deaths Worldwide, Study Says," CNN, July 18, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/healt
- 115 477 outside of an inst.i.tutional setting Freeman, "The Perfected Self."478 personalized medicine continues to move forward Chad Terhune, "Spending on Genetic Tests Is Forecast to Rise Sharply by 2021," Los Angeles Times, March 12, 201
- 116 494 Blue Cross for hospital charges "Health Insurance," Encarta. 495 preexisting conditions Noah, "A Short History of Health Care." 496 twice took preliminary steps-in 1935 Kyle Noonan, New America Foundation, "Health Reform throu
- 117 International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, ISAAA Brief 43-2011, Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2011, http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/briefs/43/executivesummary/default.asp.511 California defeated
- 118 527 Although the United States is by far the largest grower International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, ISAAA Brief 43-2011, Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2011, http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/br
- 119 544 both greater yields and greater resistance to the effects of drought Personal conversation with author.545 offer the promise of increased yields during dry periods Union of Concerned Scientists, "High and Dry," May 2012, http://www.ucsusa.or
- 120 Faure and Wibisana, "Liability for Damage Caused by GMOs"; Antoniou, Robinson, and f.a.gan, "GMO Myths and Truths, Version 1.3."561 genetically engineered to survive application of the herbicide National Research Council, "Impact
- 121 577 with pollen from citrus varieties that have seeds Ibid. 578 all of the major commodity crops Union of Concerned Scientists, "Industrial Agriculture: Features and Policy," May 17, 2007, http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_i
- 122 594 a salmon modified with an extra growth hormone gene Andrew Pollack, "Panel Leans in Favor of Engineered Salmon," New York Times, September 20, 2010. 595 as fast as a normal salmon Randy Rieland, "Food, Modified Food," Smithsonian,
- 123 Nicholls, "Swarm Troopers"; Specter, "The Mosquito Solution"; Andrew Pollack, "Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes," New York Times, October 31, 2011.611 spread their adaptation to the rest of the mosq
- 124 627 with approximately 100 trillion microbes Carl Zimmer, "Tending the Body's Microbial Garden," New York Times, June 19, 2012.628 3 million nonhuman genes "Microbes Maketh Man," Economist, April 21, 2012, http://www.economist.com
- 125 644 to destroy invading viruses or bacteria National Inst.i.tute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, September 2010, Understanding Autoimmune Diseases. 645 do not discriminate between harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria Zimmer, "
- 126 2 Industrial Revolution at a rate Original calculations were derived from: Scott Mandia, "Global Warming: Man or Myth: And You Think the Oil Spill Is Bad?," June 17, 2010, http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/and-you-think-the-oil-spill-is
- 127 19 Central America and the temporary colonization of southern Greenland Scott Mandia, Suffolk University, "Vikings During the Medieval Warm Period," http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/vikings_during_mwp.html; Brian f.a.gan, The Long Summer:
- 128 Kevin Trenberth, "Conceptual Framework for Changes of Extremes of the Hydrological Cycle with Climate Change," Climatic Change 42 (1999): 32739. 36 down through the soil to recharge the underground aquifers Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha
- 129 52 depriving these regions of water Thomas Karl et al., Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Was.h.i.+ngton, DC: U.S. Climate Change Science Program, 2009), p. 41.53 nighttime temperatures are at least as important Christopher Mims, "W
- 130 69 "hosts and pathogens, the length of the transmission season, and the timing and intensity"Union of Concerned Scientists, "Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Spreading Disease," http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_im
- 131 Brad Plumer, "We're on Pace for 4C of Global Warming. Here's Why That Terrifies the World Bank," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, November 19, 2012.86 "worst case" future projections are the ones most likely to occur Brian Vastag, "Warmer Still: Extreme Climat
- 132 102 outga.s.sing under way that exceeded what they expected Shakhova et al., "Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf." 103 methane underneath the Antarctic ice sheet J. L. Wadham et al., "Potential
- 133 119 text messaging and email into cities throughout India Vikas Bajaj, "Internet a.n.a.lysts Question India's Efforts to Stem Panic," New York Times, August 21, 2012.120 stronger cyclones (known as hurricanes in the U.S.) gain energy from warmer seas K
- 134 K. Frieler et al., "Limiting Global Warming to 2C Is Unlikely to Save Most Coral Reefs," Nature Climate Change, September 2012.136 one quarter of all ocean species spend Elizabeth Kolbert, "The Acid Sea," National Geographic, April 2011.137 in danger
- 135 152 large dead zone spreading from the mouth of the Mississippi "Good News from the Bad Drought: Gulf 'Dead Zone' Smallest in Years," ScienceDaily, August 23, 2012, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120824093519.htm.153 "when coupled with
- 136 169 theories for why global warming is causing a s.h.i.+ft in the Hadley cells Lu et al., "Expansion of the Hadley Cell Under Global Warming."170 the difference in average temperatures Jennifer Francis and Stephen Vavrus, "Evidence Linking Arctic Ampli
- 137 Roger Revelle and Hans Suess, "Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between Atmosphere and Ocean and the Question of an Increase of Atmospheric CO2 During the Past Decades," Tellus 9 (February 1957).186 began more than 150 years ago NASA, "John Tyndall (18201893),
- 138 202 As E. O. Wilson recently wrote E. O. Wilson, "Why Humans, Like Ants, Need a Tribe," Daily Beast, April 1, 2012. 203 "reposition global warming as theory not fact" Matthew Wald, "Pro-Coal Ad Campaign Disputes Warming Idea," New York Times, July 8
- 139 219 "the last best hope of earth"Abraham Lincoln, "Annual Remarks to Congress," December 1, 1862.220 "for good men to do nothing"Quote Investigator, December 4, 2010.221 support for actions to reduce greenhouse gas Connie Roser-Renouf et al., Yale P
- 140 Tenille Tracy, "EPA Says Wyoming Fracking Results Are Consistent," Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2012.236 at the behest of then vice president d.i.c.k Cheney Abraham l.u.s.tgarten, "Hydrofracked: One Man's Quest for Answers About Natural Gas Dril
- 141 252 princ.i.p.al source of human-caused mercury in the environment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Mercury: Basic Information," February 7, 2012, http://www.epa.gov/hg/about.htm.253 include at least some amount of methyl-mercury U.S. Envi
- 142 269 symbiosis between the larch and the tundra is thereby disrupted Douglas Fischer and Daily Climate, "s.h.i.+ft in Northern Forests Could Increase Global Warming," Scientific American, March 28, 2011.270 reproducing three generations per summe
- 143 Tom Philpott, "New Research: Synthetic Nitrogen Destroys Soil Carbon, Undermines Soil Health," Grist, February 24, 2010, http://grist.org/article/2010-02-23-new-research-synthetic-nitrogen-destroys-soil-carbon-undermines/.286 by pus.h.i.+ng subs
- 144 302 go to carbon fuel companies John Broder, "Obamas Bid to End Oil Subsidies Revives Debate," New York Times, January 31, 2011. 303 the dirtiest liquid fuel, kerosene, is heavily subsidized Narasimha Rao, "Kerosene Subsidies in India: When
- 145 319 caused more than $15 billion in damage "Hurricane Irene 2011: One Year Anniversary of East Coast Storm," Huffington Post, August 24, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/hurricane-irene-2011-2012_n_1826060.html.320 and wildfires in
- 146 Chris Buckley, "China Says Is Worlds Top Greenhouse Gas Emitter," Reuters, November 23, 2010. 336 China against dirty energy projects are growing Keith Bradsher, "Budding Environmental Movement Finds Resonance Across China," New York T
- 147 352 it will invest almost $500 billion in clean energy Esther Tanquintic-Misa, "China Leads Global Investments in Renewable Energy," IB Times, December 5, 2011, http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/261083/20111205/china-leads-global-investments-renewa
- 148 369 problems in managing electricity flows through the antiquated grid Simon Denyer and Rama Lakshmi, "India Blackout, on Second Day, Leaves 600 Million without Power," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, August 1, 2012.370 majority of their time in garages or
- 149 David Talbot, "Needed: A Price on Carbon," Technology Review, August 14, 2006.386 has had difficulties with its new generation of reactors Liam Moriarty, "French Sour on Nuclear Power," PRI The World, April 24, 2012, http://www.theworld.org/2012/04/fr
- 150 5 incentives and rules that work to their advantage Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984). 6 "weapons of reason which today arm you against the