The cost of global warming

A researcher who has been instrumental in raising awareness about global warming since the 1980s discusses what climatology research is revealing about our planet.

Guests

• James Hansen: lead climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Study. He is also currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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  September 12, 2007
• The environmental cost of China's economic growth
  August 30, 2007

Resources

• About James Hansen
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• 2007 Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus