Communist Party (China), 23
coral “bleaching,” 69, 84–85, 127–131, 133,
138
in Australia, 129–134
Coral Reef Task Force on, 131
Fabricius, Katherina, on, 133
in Fiji, 138–139
in Florida, 127–128
in Great Barrier Reef, 131, 133
Coral Reef Task Force (U.S.), 131
on coral “bleaching,” 131
coral reefs, 69, 73, 76, 127–140
in Antigua, 69
in Barbuda, 73
“bleaching” of, 69, 84–85, 127–131, 133,
138
in Caribbean, 76
fishing industry, effect on, 69
global warming, effects on, 69
tourist values of, 140
The Corps and the Shore(Dixon/Pilkey), 48,
178
on beach replenishment, 48
CRAB (Citizens Right to Access Beaches),
52
in New Jersey, 52
Crosier, Lisa, 145–146
Crutzen, Paul, 87
Culex pipens(mosquito), 45–46
West Nile encephalitis and, 45–46
Danish Wind Manufacturers Association, 31
Dare County Project, 55
Day, Tad, 168
on global warming, 168
Dean, Cornelia, 48
Delta Project, 32–33
in Netherlands, 32–33
scope of, 32–33
Deneen, Sally, 173, 182
research sources for, 182
Deng Xiaoping, 16, 18
economic reforms of, 16, 18
Dengue fever, 76–77
Denmark, 31–32
energy sources, percentages for, 31
on greenhouse gas emissions, 32
transportation policies in, 31–32
wind power in, 31
Despommier, Dickson, 46
on West Nile encephalitis, 46
Devlin, Bob, 50
Divoky, George, 101–102
species research of, 101–102
Dixon, Katherine, 48
Don Edward’s San Francisco Bay National
Wildlife Refuge, 123
Douglass, Scott, 54
on beach replenishment, 54
Duchin, Melanie, 98
dust movements, 89–90
Asian brown cloud and, 89–90
Caribbean islands, effect on, 89
worldwide effects of, 90
Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search
of Our Environmental Future
(Hertsgaard), 177
E/Environmental Magazine,3, 183–184
press awards for, 184
Egan, Timothy, 143
El Niño, 84, 120
ocean temperatures and, 120
zooplankton, effect on, 120
Endocladia muricata(algae), 116–118
Gilman, Sarah, studies of, 116–118
energy efficiency, 17–21
China Energy Project and, 20
in China, investments in, 17–19, 21
energy management corporations, 21
World Bank and, 21
Environmental Awareness Group
(Antigua), 64, 71
Epstein, Paul, 46
on West Nile encephalitis, 46
E.U. (European Union), 27
Evans, Alex, 27
“extinction pulse,” 164
global warming as, 164
Exxon Mobil, 3–4
“greenhouse skeptics” and, 3–4
Exxon Valdez(ship), 99, 183
Fabricius, Katherina, 133
Fiji, 134–140
Chaudhry, Mahendra, in, 135
climate changes in, 136–137
coral “bleaching” in, 138–139
global warming, effects of, 136–137
Gordon, Arthur, in, 134188 Index