8.‘The Direction of an Impending Catastrophe’ 1982 From Gore’s perspective, the hearing was an unequivocal success. That night Dan Rather devoted three minutes of “CBS Evening News” to the greenhouse effect. A correspondent […]
6.‘Otherwise, They’ll Gurgle’ November 1980-September 1981 The meeting ended Friday morning. On Tuesday, four days later, Ronald Reagan was elected president. And Rafe Pomerance soon found himself wondering whether what had seemed to […]
5.‘We Are Flying Blind’ October 1980 Two days before Halloween, Rafe Pomerance traveled to a cotton-candy castle on the Gulf of Mexico, near St. Petersburg, Fla, that locals called the Pink Palace. The […]
3.Between Catastrophe and Chaos July 1979 The scientists summoned by Jule Charney to judge the fate of civilization arrived on July 23, 1979, with their wives, children and weekend bags at a three-story […]
By Nathaniel Rich Photographs and Videos by George Steinmetz August, 2018 2.The Whimsies of The Invisible World Spring 1979 There was a brown velvet love seat in the living room of James and […]
By Nathaniel Rich Photographs and Videos by George Steinmetz August, 2018 Editor’s Note This narrative by Nathaniel Rich is a work of history, addressing the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989: the […]
