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Evidence of warming temperatures have been detected as early as the 1830s.

New technology developed by UCLA engineering faculty seeks to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean as a way to slow down climate change.

Dean King's 'Guardians of the Valley' follows the partnership of charismatic John Muir and erudite Robert Johnson to create Yosemite National Park.

In his 1989 book A Forest Journey, John Perlin shows how an abundance (or scarcity) of wood has greatly shaped the culture, demographics, economy, politics, and technology of societies over the millennia. Until our dependence on fossil fuels, wood was the principal fuel and building material from the dawn of civilization. But, as observed by ancient writers, as civilizations

From wolves to climate change, these new books will help set the agenda for the year ahead.

John Perlin's sweeping, civilizational history 'A Forest Journey' is being revived by Patagonia, the Ventura-based outfitter's publishing imprint.

John Perlin, former Canadian Secretary to the Queen, has died at 88. His cousin Tim Powers recounts the many accomplishments of Perlin's life, but also remembers him as supportive friend.

Museum of Modern Art's Material Worlds speaker series will return for a second season, with topics including solar, water, and plants.

George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels. Above: George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Source: "Generating electricity by the suns rays", Popular Electricity, Volume 2, nr. 12, April 1910, pp.793. More efficient, less sustainable Ever since Bell Labs presented the firs...

Let It Shine is a fully revised & expanded edition of A Golden Thread, John Perlin’s classic history of solar technology...