Dr. James L. Powell graduated from Berea College with a degree in Geology. He holds a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught Geology at Oberlin College for over 20 years. He served as Acting President of Oberlin, President of Franklin and Marshall College, President of Reed College, President of the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and President and Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Powell currently serves as Executive Director of the National Physical Science Consortium. Asteroid 1987 SH7 is named for him.
Series
Books
Rough Winds
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
2011
The Inquisition of Climate Science
2011
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
Sixth Annual Collection
1993
Deadly Voyager
The Ancient Comet Strike that Changed Earth and Human History
2020
Dead Pool
Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West
2008
Night Comes to the Cretaceous
Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology
1998
The 2084 Report
A History of Global Warming from the Future
2011
Night Comes to the Cretaceous
Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs
1999
Mysteries of Terra Firma
The Age and Evolution of the Earth
2001
Grand Canyon
Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle
2005
Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences
From Heresy to Truth
2014
Mysteries of the Deep
How Seafloor Drilling Expeditions Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth History
2024
