Our most widely respected environmental writer brings together the essential voices on global warming, from its 19th-century discovery to the present. What is happening to our planet? And what can we do about it? The Global Warming Reader provides more than thirty-five answers to these burning questions, from more than one hundred years of engagement with the topic. Here is: • ELIZABETH KOLBERT's groundbreaking essay "The Darkening Sea" • MICHAEL CRICHTON's skeptical view of climate change • GEORGE MONBIOT's biting indictment of those who are really using up the planet's resources • NASA scientist JAMES HANSEN's testimony before the U.S. Congress • and clarion calls for action by AL GORE, ARUNDHATI ROY, NAOMI KLEIN, and many others. The Global Warming Reader is a comprehensive resource, expertly edited by someone who lives and breathes this defining issue of our time.