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Has the climate change debate reached a tipping point?

February 8, 2006 by Fred Bortz

In recent months, mainstream scientists have been more willing to speak out about speculation that global warming may mean that Earth's climate is on the verge of a possibly catastrophic "tipping point," beyond which future human technology will not be able to undo the effects of past and ongoing excesses. People who view this as a left-wing ideological issue may have to change their tone, now that a group of prominent evangelical Christians have called for environmental action before it is too late.

The late Carl Sagan would smile. In Billions and Billions, his final book written a decade ago, Sagan spoke of the need for science and religion to come together as stewards of planet Earth. He debunked the idea that the debate of climate change is a partisan issue.

I can only hope Sagan's hopes are beginning to be realized.

Over the next few months, I will be reviewing at least two new books on climate change to supplement others that I have previously reviewed. I will be updating my Science Shelf news page as reviews are added to the site. If maintain an e-mail list of people who get regualr updates, and there are links to subscribe throughout the site.