Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change

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studies of, 165–168
Grant, Ulysses S., 51
Great Barrier Reef, 130–134, 140
coral “bleaching” in, 131, 133
tourism value of, 140
“Greenhouse Effect, Sea-Level Rise and
Barrier Islands” (Titus), 56
greenhouse gases, 18, 20, 32, 76
in China, emissions, 18, 20
in Denmark, emissions reductions, 32
“greenhouse skeptics,” 3–4
Exxon Mobil and, 3–4
The Greening Earth Society, 4
Greenpeace, 98
ground-level ozone, 45
global warming and, 45
Guardian, 86
Gunn, Anne, 103–104
species study of, 103–104


Harrison, Benjamin, 51
Hartig, Ellen Kracauer, 44
on wetlands regulation, 44
Hayes, John, 86
Hayes, Rutherford B., 51
Helvarg, David, 174, 181–182
research sources for, 181–182
Henriksen, Randall, 39–40
Hertsgaard, Mark, 175
Hewatt, Willis, 114–118
tidepool studies of, 114–118
Hindustan Times, 80
on pollution, in India, 80
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, 93
“honeycomb” stoves, 12, 19
in China, 12, 18
“Hot Nights in the City: Global Warming,
Sea-Level Rise and the New York
Metropolitan Area” (Bloomfield), 42,
58–59
global warming effects in, 42, 58–59
Hough, Paul, 131
Huebert, Barry Joe, 88
on aerosols, 88
huotongs(Chinese dwellings), 19
hurricanes, 62–63, 70
in Antigua, damage from, 61–62, 70
Hurst, Lionel, 62–63, 65, 77
in Antigua, 62
on vegetation changes, in Antigua, 65


at World Water Forum, 77
Hyatt, Kim, 150–153
on salmon population, in Canada,
150–153
Ibis, 102
India, 79–85
auto rickshaws in, 80
Central Pollution Control Board in, 80
climate changes in, effects of, 82–84
Climate Justice Summit in, 83–84
Faridabad, pollution in, 80
“fog” in, 81–82
global warming gas in, 82
Mumbai, pollution in, 79–80
New Delhi, pollution in, 80
poverty in, 79–80
Taj Mahal, effect of pollution on, 80–81
Indian Conservation Institute, 80–81
on Taj Mahal damage, 80–81
Indian Express, 82
INDOEX (Indian Ocean Experiment), 87,
92
UNEP and, 87, 92
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change), 98, 107–108, 122
SCE, in Northern Hemisphere, 98, 107
on SST, in Arctic Basin, 107
on temperature increases, predictions
for, 108
terrestrial ecosystems, changes in, 107
Irinaga, Matt, 158–160
on adelie penguins, 158–160
Iron Founders Association (India), 81
Isis(boat), 67
Izakson, Orna, 175, 180–181
research sources for, 180–181
Jacob, Klaus, 42
flood projections of, 42
Jamaica Bay (New York), 43–44
ecosystem changes in, 44
effect of global warming on, 43
fauna in, 44
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and, 43
Kennedy Airport, effect on, 43
marshlands, loss of, 43
Joint Caribbean-Pacific Program for Action
on Water and Climate, 76
Joseph, Daven, 66, 71, 75

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