Staff Essays 2005-2006
2006
November, 2006. Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge. Woods Hole Research Center's former Director John P. Holdren's PowerPoint presentation given at the SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Nov. 3, 2006.
May 1, 2006. Awkward Facts About Climatic Disruption:Laissez-Faire Hell or a Garden of Eden? - Essay by George M. Woodwell.
April 21, 2006. The ground we walk on: It's part of global warming. (Christian Science Monitor, April 21, 2006). Commentary by Senior Scientist Eric A. Davidson - Accelerated warming is not inevitable, but changing our course requires mindfulness.
2005
August 15, 2005. Deputy Director Kilaparti Ramakrishna responds to The Wall Street Journal’s August 8th essay on The Theology of Global Warming.
June 1, 2005. Director Emeritus Woodwell argues for a comprehensive plan to manage fire in the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
March 15, 2005. Cape Cod Today. Environmental Dreams - Environmentalism is about as moribund as the human spirit. Director Woodwell disputes claims that environmentalists have lost their way.
February 14, 2005. Providence Journal. Kilaparti Ramakrishna - The Kyoto Protocol: Waiting for Godot? Asking the US to rejoin the world on climate change.
February 10, 2005. Anything But "Clear Skies" - Efforts to relax restrictions on contamination of air, water and land are direct affronts to human welfare. George M. Woodwell & R.A. Houghton
January 20, 2005. The Falmouth Enterprise & Upper Cape Codder. Energy, Planning, and Management of Coastal Resources - A Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound. Comments by George M. Woodwell on the urgent need for implementing renewable energy.
