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SUMMARY:The Fierce Urgency of Now
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DESCRIPTION:Raymond S Bradley is a University Distinguished Professor in t
 he Department of Geosciences and Director of the Climate System Research C
 enter at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst.  He also co-directs t
 he Northeast Climate Science Center of the U.S. Dept of Interior.\nHis res
 earch interests are in climatology and paleoclimatology\, with a particula
 r focus on how climate has changed since the last ice age\, and the causes
  of climate variations.  He has written or edited twelve books on climati
 c change\nRay Bradley has been an advisor to various government and intern
 ational agencies\, including the U.S.\, Swiss\, Swedish and U.K. National 
 Science Foundations\, the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.\, U.S. Na
 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\, the National Resear
 ch Council and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).\nSinc
 e the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century\, the ear
 th has undergone unprecedented changes.  But in the last few decades ther
 e has been a rapid acceleration of humanity’s impact on our environment\
 , driven by a world population that now exceeds 7 billion people.  Humani
 ty’s impact can been seen in even the remotest parts of the planet\, exc
 eeding the natural limits within which life on earth has evolved over the 
 past few million years\, at least.  Exploitation of natural resources and
  unregulated disposal of waste products into the “global commons”—ou
 r oceans and atmosphere—poses serious challenges for the future.  We mu
 st adopt solutions that lead to a more sustainable future\, while raising 
 the standard of living of those who are impoverished and increasingly vuln
 erable to environmental instability.  This requires foresight and leaders
 hip at an international level\, qualities that are sadly lacking in the po
 litical leaders of today.
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