BOOK REVIEW: 'Why Geology Matters' a clear-eyed primer on global warming

Doug MacDougall, emeritus professor over at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, has presented one of the most balanced explanations yet of global climate change and man's likely role in the current warming. His new book, "Why Geology Matters," lays out the state of the art in how our scientists try to figure out past climate change in a way that average non-scientists can easily understand.

His conclusion? Our planet's climate changes all the time, albeit on a (to us) very slow pace ---- and if we're contributing to a warming trend (by pumping additional tens of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere), sooner or later our descendants were going to have to confront massive climate change anyway.

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"There are two stories in the documentary. There's a story about the stuff that I do, an individual that got interested and is trying to make a difference and make sure people understand it before they make a decision, especially policy decisions," Wagner said. "The other story is a review of the economics and science behind it. It has people like Dr. Willie Soon from Harvard-Smithsonian, Dr. Jason Box from the Byrd Polar Research Center (and) Dr. (Roy) Spencer from NASA. It does a good job of reviewing the economics, science and politics (of global warming)."