history of, 134–135
industry in, 135
political instability in, 140
rising sea levels in, 136–137
saltwater intrusion in, 136–137
tourism value in, 140
Fiji Human Rights Commission, 137
Fiji Post, 137
“Fishing in Troubled Waters” (Sridhar), 84
Florida Keys (U.S.), 127–129, 140
onshore development in, effects of, 128
pollution in, effect of, 129
reef study in, 129
tourism value of, 140
Follett, Ken, 70
fossil fuels
in Australia, 133
in China, usage in, 11–12
coal, 1
oil, 1
Fountain, Andrew, 142
Fraser, Bill, 158–160, 162–165
on adelie penguins, 158–160, 162–165
Fuller, Eli, 67–70
biographical history, 67
on vegetation, in Antigua, 67–68
Gammon, Richard, 155
Gardin, Paolo, 33–34
in Venice flooding projects, 34
Garfield, James, 51
Gaston, Anthony, 102
GCC (Global Climate Coalition), 6–7, 30
collapse of, 7
Gelbspan, Ross, 174
Gilman, Sarah, 112, 115–118, 123, 125, 181
Baxter, Chuck, and, 113
Endocladia muricata,studies of, 116–118
temperature studies of, 112
tidepool studies of, 116–117
Glacier National Park (Montana), 142
glaciers, size decreases in, 142
Glas, Peter C.G., 26, 30
Global Green Deal, 24
Chinese poverty, effect on, 24
global temperatures, 1–2
CO 2 , effect on, 1–2
mean rise in, 1
global warming
in Alaska, effects of, 105
in Antarctica, effects of, 160–161
anthropogenic climate changes and, 163
in Arctic region, effects of, 98
Bush, George W.,on, 7
in Canada, effects of, 104
carbon levels, effect on, 1–2
in China, official response to, 22
Chysanoessa Macrura,effect on, 161
climate models for, 168
coral reefs, effects on, 69
energy transitions as response to, 5
as “extinction pulse,” 164
in Fiji, effects of, 136–137
ground-level ozone and, 45
in “Hot Nights in the City: Global
Warming, Sea-Level Rise and the
New York Metropolitan Area”
(Bloomfield), effects of, 42, 58–59
IPCC on, 98
Jamaica Bay (New York), effects in, 43
Kinney, Pat, on effects of, 44–45
media response to, 4–5
monitoring over time, importance of,
118
in Netherlands (Holland), effects in, 28
in New York City, projected effects, 42,
44–45
in New York Times, 4
in North Carolina (U.S.), effects in, 55
preventative measures for, 91
species redistribution as result of, 73,
99–100, 104
in Western Europe, response to, 26–27,
30
Western Fuels Coal Association on, 4
global warming gas, 82
in India, 82
Glynn, Peter, 116
GNP (Gross National Product), 18
vs.energy consumed, in China, 18
Gordon, Arthur, 134
in Fiji, 134
Gornitz, Vivien, 41–42
on waterfront construction (New York
City), 41
Gould(ship), 160
GPS (Global Positioning System), 165
“GPs” (giant petrels), 165–168
in Antarctica, 165–168
climate changes, effects on, 167–168Index 189