A history that puts the environment on the agenda

Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach

By David Aberbach

26 July

Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change, by Nicholas Stern

Time is critical if we are to find a workable, affordable and fair way of dealing with carbon emissions, Steven Yearley discovers

By Steven Yearley

4 June

Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed – and What it Means for our Future, by Dale Jamieson

Steven Yearley on the economic and ethical reasons for why attempts to prevent climate change have failed

31 July

The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare

Jules Pretty explores the oceans that haunt our imaginations

20 June

A history that puts the environment on the agenda

Academic Jack Davis tells John Morgan of his surprise at learning that his history of the Gulf of Mexico had won a Pulitzer prize and his hope that it will help to deliver a pro-environmental message

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Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change, by Nicholas Stern

Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed – and What it Means for our Future, by Dale Jamieson

The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare

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University of Florida

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A history that puts the environment on the agenda

Academic Jack Davis tells John Morgan of his surprise at learning that his history of the Gulf of Mexico had won a Pulitzer prize and his hope that it will help to deliver a pro-environmental message

POSTSCRIPT:

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change, by Nicholas Stern

Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed – and What it Means for our Future, by Dale Jamieson

The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare

Related universities

University of Florida

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