For the past decade, the subject of global warming has been a touchy one to say the least. To some it is a simple fact supported by reams of scientific data, to others it is fear-mongering fiction promoted by “environmentalist radicals.” However to many between these two extremes, it is a subject of which they have often heard or read, but that they have little understanding by which to judge the truth of the arguments swirling around them. Into this increasingly heated debate, Mark Lynas’ Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet shines some much needed light. Read the rest of this entry »