Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2008-2009

"The book provides a nice blend of somewhat technical reading with essays that are easily comprehensible for various audiences...great backbone of data from top-rate scientists"

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Introduction

The Energy-Economy-Environment Dilemma

Renewable Energy Sources and the Realities of Setting an Energy Agenda

Ethanol for a Sustainable Energy Future

The Billion-Ton Biofuels Vision

The Biofuels Conundrum

Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass

Commentary: “Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass”

Response to Commentary: “Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass”

Can the Upstarts Top Silicon?

WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED?

Introduction

Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity

How Much More Rain Will Global Warming Bring?

Running Out of Water—and Time

Rapid Advance of Spring Arrival Dates in Long-Distance Migratory Birds

Perspectives on the Arctic’s Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover

Recent Sea Level Contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets

PROJECTING THE FUTURE

Introduction

IPCC Report Lays Out Options for Taming Greenhouse Gas

The Limits of Consensus

Commentary: A Closer Look at the IPCC Report

Response to Commentary: A Closer Look at the IPCC Report

Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Ice Field Retreat in the Last Interglaciation

A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea Level Rise

Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030

Critical Assumptions in the Stern Review on Climate Change

Climate Change: Risk, Ethics, and the Stern Review

DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

Introduction

A Combined Mitigation-Geoengineering Approach to Climate Stabilization

Preparing to Capture Carbon

A Guide to CO2 Sequestration

Carbon Trading

Carbon Trading Over Taxes

Index