Bibliotrek

Resolution Bay

"RESOLUTION BAYTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 144:43 P.M."

"In late 2003, at the Sustainable Earth Summit conference in Johannesburg, the Pacific island nation of Vanutu announced that it was preparing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States over global warming."

San Francisco, California

"Since the suit would ultimately be heard by the sympathetic Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, the litigation was awaited with some anticipation."

Los Angeles, California

"Further revelations by Morton’s staff, as well as by former members of the Los Angeles law firm of Hassle and Black, have added further detail to the story."

Paris, France

"The first incident took place in Paris, in May of 2004."

Paris, France

"PARIS NORD SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2004 12:00 P.M."

rue Montaigne, Paris, France

"Earlier that day, Marshall had gone from his small apartment to the café on rue Montaigne, the café he went to every morning, taking a journal article with him to read as usual."

Notre Dame, Paris, France

"Her apartment was just across the river from Notre Dame, and from the balcony in the bedroom he had a beautiful view of the cathedral, which was lighted at night."

Seine, Paris, France

"Her car, he knew, was parked on the other side of the Seine. It seemed far to walk."

Pahang, Malaysia

"PAHANGTUESDAY, MAY 1111:55 A.M. The twisting jungle road lay in shadow beneath the canopy of the Malay rain forest."

Hong Kong, China

"His name was Charles Ling and he had flown over from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur the night before."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

"His name was Charles Ling and he had flown over from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur the night before."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"The passenger had given Ling a card that read “Allan Peterson, Seismic Services, Calgary.”"

Pudu Raya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

"“No,” Ling said. “I have to go to the factory, and get them started.” “It’s nearby?” “Yes, in Pudu Raya. Just a few kilometers.”"

Butler's Wharf, London, United Kingdom

"Design/Quest, a hot graphics shop located on Butler’s Wharf, a refurbished warehouse district below London’s Tower Bridge, most of the employees in the office were casually dressed."

Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom

"Design/Quest, a hot graphics shop located on Butler’s Wharf, a refurbished warehouse district below London’s Tower Bridge."

Gothenburg, Sweden

"Missiles were bought in Sweden. Gothenburg, I think. Shipped out from there."

Tokyo, Japan

"TOKYOTUESDAY, JUNE 110:01 A.M. IDEC, the International Data Environmental Consortium, was located in a small brick building adjacent to the campus of Keio Mita University."

Keio Mita University, Tokyo, Japan

"… adjacent to the campus of Keio Mita University."

Aarhus, Denmark

"Out of a mix of sites and discussion groups, our sys progs found the deep divers clustered on the following category topics:Aarhus, DenmarkArgon/Oxygen DrivesAustralian Military HistoryCaisson SeawallsCavitation (Solid)Cellular EncryptionControlled DemolitionFlood MitigationHigh-Voltage InsulatorsHilo, HawaiiMid-Ocean Relay Network (MORN)Missionary Diaries of the PacificNational Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)National Environmental Resource Fund (NERF)Network Data EncryptionPotassium HydroxidePrescott, ArizonaRain Forest Disease Foundation (RFDF)Seismic Signatures, GeologicalShaped Explosives (Timed)Shinkai 2000Solid Rocket Propellant MixturesToxins and NeurotoxinsWire-guided Projectiles"

Hilo, Hawaii, United States

"Out of a mix of sites and discussion groups, our sys progs found the deep divers clustered on the following category topics:Aarhus, DenmarkArgon/Oxygen DrivesAustralian Military HistoryCaisson SeawallsCavitation (Solid)Cellular EncryptionControlled DemolitionFlood MitigationHigh-Voltage InsulatorsHilo, HawaiiMid-Ocean Relay Network (MORN)Missionary Diaries of the PacificNational Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)National Environmental Resource Fund (NERF)Network Data EncryptionPotassium HydroxidePrescott, ArizonaRain Forest Disease Foundation (RFDF)Seismic Signatures, GeologicalShaped Explosives (Timed)Shinkai 2000Solid Rocket Propellant MixturesToxins and NeurotoxinsWire-guided Projectiles"

Prescott, Arizona, United States

"Out of a mix of sites and discussion groups, our sys progs found the deep divers clustered on the following category topics:Aarhus, DenmarkArgon/Oxygen DrivesAustralian Military HistoryCaisson SeawallsCavitation (Solid)Cellular EncryptionControlled DemolitionFlood MitigationHigh-Voltage InsulatorsHilo, HawaiiMid-Ocean Relay Network (MORN)Missionary Diaries of the PacificNational Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)National Environmental Resource Fund (NERF)Network Data EncryptionPotassium HydroxidePrescott, ArizonaRain Forest Disease Foundation (RFDF)Seismic Signatures, GeologicalShaped Explosives (Timed)Shinkai 2000Solid Rocket Propellant MixturesToxins and NeurotoxinsWire-guided Projectiles"

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"We eventually sorted a complex nodal North America—Toronto, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Montreal—with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

"We eventually sorted a complex nodal North America—Toronto, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Montreal—with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

England, United Kingdom

"… with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

Paris, France

"They may already have killed a researcher in Paris. We’re awaiting data. But the French authorities can be…slow."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"VANCOUVERTUESDAY, JUNE 84:55 P.M."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"from a tiny, cramped office outside Vancouver, Damon leased research submarines and remote submersibles to clients around the world."

Yokohama, Japan

"The subs were located all over the world—in Yokohama, Dubai, Melbourne, San Diego."

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"The subs were located all over the world—in Yokohama, Dubai, Melbourne, San Diego."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"the client merely gave Damon a business card that said Seismic Services, with a Calgary address."

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

"They wanted the sub and the tender ship transported to Port Moresby, New Guinea. They would pick it up there."

England, United Kingdom

"The RS Scorpion, built in England just four years ago."

Sprengisandur, Iceland

"A bitter wind blew across the Sprengisandur, the rugged, dark plain in the interior of Iceland."

Vatnajökull, Iceland

"This was Snorrajökul, one tongue of the huge Vatnajökull glacier, the largest ice cap in Europe."

Keflavík airport, Keflavík, Iceland

"Morton had flown all of them in from Los Angeles on his Gulfstream G5 jet, arriving in Keflavík airport at nine yesterday morning."

Reykjavík, Iceland

"By the time they reached Reykjavík, the sunny day had turned wet and chilly."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"John Kim, the manager of Scotiabank, Vancouver, had been called by a customer named Nat Damon, a local marine operator."

Los Angeles, California

"Morton had flown all of them in from Los Angeles on his Gulfstream G5 jet, arriving in Keflavík airport at nine yesterday morning."

San Diego, California

"The subs were located all over the world—in Yokohama, Dubai, Melbourne, San Diego."

France, Europe

"… with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

River Thames, London, England

"Mallory’s office had a spectacular view of the Thames, and the Tower Bridge off to the left."

Germany, Europe

"… with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

Melbourne, Australia

"The subs were located all over the world—in Yokohama, Dubai, Melbourne, San Diego."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"Damon had deposited a check from a company called Seismic Services, in Calgary, and the check had bounced."

San José, Costa Rica

"The account was modestly active, receiving deposits every few weeks from only one source: The Friends of the Planet Foundation, based in San José, Costa Rica."

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

"Chavez said he had gotten an electronic deposit from the Moriah Wind Power Associates via Ansbach (Cayman) Ltd., a private bank on Grand Cayman island."

Hong Kong, China

"Evans slipped away to a corner of the hangar and, since it was still the middle of the night in the US, placed a call to a friend in banking in Hong Kong."

Los Angeles, California

"It was now four a.m. in New York, one a.m. in Los Angeles."

San Francisco, California

"A banquet in his honor was scheduled for later that fall, in San Francisco."

New York, New York

"It was now four a.m. in New York, one a.m. in Los Angeles."

Caltech, Pasadena

"Doctorate in civil engineering from Caltech at age twenty."

Cambodia, Southeast Asia

"it could concern any of his ongoing environmental projects—water purification in Cambodia, reforestation in Guinea, habitat preservation in Madagascar, medicinal plants in Peru."

Guinea, West Africa

"it could concern any of his ongoing environmental projects—water purification in Cambodia, reforestation in Guinea, habitat preservation in Madagascar, medicinal plants in Peru."

Madagascar, Africa

"it could concern any of his ongoing environmental projects—water purification in Cambodia, reforestation in Guinea, habitat preservation in Madagascar, medicinal plants in Peru."

Peru, South America

"it could concern any of his ongoing environmental projects—water purification in Cambodia, reforestation in Guinea, habitat preservation in Madagascar, medicinal plants in Peru."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"to say nothing of the German expedition to measure the thickness of the ice in Antarctica."

Nepal, South Asia

"Did his thesis on soil erosion in Nepal."

Naya Khanga peak, Nepal

"he was reported dead on Naya Khanga peak in Nepal, but he wasn’t."

K2, Pakistan

"Tried to climb K2, driven back by weather."

Hong Kong, China

"he had been shaken by the Hong Kong call."

Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California, United States

"Peter Evans lived in one of the older apartment buildings on Roxbury Drive in the flats of Beverly Hills."

Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills, California, United States

"There were four units in his building, across the street from Roxbury Park."

Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United States

"she drove quickly, almost recklessly, shooting down Benedict Canyon, heading into Beverly Hills."

Pico, Los Angeles, California, United States

"He went to the nearest drive-in, a hamburger joint on Pico."

Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"454 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 (from the business card for Massachusetts Institute of Technology)"

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology 454 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 (from the business card)"

Iceland, Europe

"I just got in from Iceland."

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSTUESDAY, AUGUST 246:04 A.M."

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"The law firm of Hassle and Black occupied five floors of an office building in Century City."

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

"They represented many Hollywood celebrities and wealthy activists who were committed to environmental concerns."

Orange County, California

"The fact that they also represented three of the biggest land developers in Orange County was less often publicized."

Beverly Hills, California

"The next item was a spreadsheet from a Beverly Hills BMW dealer who claimed that the “What Would Jesus Drive?” campaign had hurt his business because it denigrated luxury cars."

MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"I doubt that. He’s a professor at MIT. In some environmental science."

San Francisco, California

"Sarah was the youngest child of a wealthy San Francisco family; her father was a powerful attorney who had held political office; her mother was a former high fashion model."

Seattle, Washington

"He told me he had some problem about a big contributor from Seattle not coming through for a week."

Pasadena, California

"don’t forget you have the arraignment for Morton’s daughter next week. This time it’s Pasadena, not downtown."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"He’s been calling Sarah from Vancouver."

Beverly Hills, California

"she drove quickly, almost recklessly, shooting down Benedict Canyon, heading into Beverly Hills."

MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"He then went to MIT, where I’d say his rise has been spectacular."

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"A JD from Harvard Law School."

Greenland, Denmark

"They were flying west, over Greenland, a vast expanse of ice and cloud in pale sun beneath them."

Iceland, Europe

"“So Iceland is an anomaly?”"

Iceland, Europe

"“So,” he said, “how was Iceland?”"

Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California

"His parties drew most of Hollywood to his Holmby Hills mansion; his charity functions were always special, always written up the next day."

Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California

"This was Holmby Hills, the wealthiest area of Beverly Hills. The billionaires lived here, in residences hidden from the street by high gates and dense foliage."

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"when the firm moved offices from one Century City skyscraper to another, in the course of which she stumbled on some incriminating documents, and copied them."

Sunset, Los Angeles, California

"She sped across Sunset, running a yellow light, and then downshifted as she came to Beverly."

Culver City, California

"“Okay, they’re in Culver City, I’ll call over there and—”"

Culver City, California

"CULVER CITYTUESDAY, AUGUST 2410:30 A.M. The Vanutu litigation team had taken over an old warehouse south of Culver City."

Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York

"processed data from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, in New York"

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

"from the USHCN at Oak Ridge, Tennessee"

Hadley Center, East Anglia, England

"from Hadley Center in East Anglia, England"

UCLA, Los Angeles, California

"an off-site team at UCLA that is doing atmospheric feedback mechanisms, primarily focusing on cloud cover as it varies with temperature change"

Poland, Europe

"…but how accurate do you think weather records are from Poland in the 1930s? Or Russian provinces since 1990?"

Law Dome, Antarctica

"…Carbon dioxide levels from Mauna Loa and the Law Dome ice cores in Antarctica."

Pacific Ocean, Earth

"“That’s why,” Balder said, “this case is going to hinge on the sea-level records in the Pacific. We are collecting all available data records now.”"

Australia, Oceania

"Waiting for them to arrive, yes. The Australians have several sets. The French have at least one in Moorea and perhaps another in Papeete."

Moorea, French Polynesia

"The French have at least one in Moorea and perhaps another in Papeete."

Papeete, French Polynesia

"The French have at least one in Moorea and perhaps another in Papeete."

Stanford Law School, Stanford, California

"Barry Beckman was a professor at Stanford Law School at twenty-eight, he left the university in his early thirties to go into private practice."

Culver City, California

"They had lunch in a Mexican restaurant in Culver City."

Sony Studios, Culver City, California

"There were a handful of film editors in the corner, from nearby Sony Studios."

Washington, D.C., United States

"You can’t get decent Mexican food in DC."

Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean

"You know the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean?"

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSTUESDAY, AUGUST 245:04 P.M."

Washington, D.C., United States

"Now of course there was the prospect of Jennifer Haynes, but she had a boyfriend, she lived in DC, and…he knew it would never work."

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"CENTURY CITYWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 258:59 A.M. The meeting was held in the big conference room on the fourteenth floor."

Culver City, California

"Peter? What is going on over there in Culver City?"

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"I already misplaced two hundred and fifty grand of my money. It ended up in fucking Vancouver. I don’t know what he is doing anymore."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"VANCOUVER THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 12:44 P.M. Thunder rumbled ominously. Looking out the front windows of his office, Nat Damon sighed."

North Dakota, United States

"Two days ago he was in North Dakota. North Dakota!"

Wyoming, United States

"I think he might be in Wyoming today."

Hong Kong, China

"Had to be rush-ordered from Hong Kong."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"Last I heard, they were going to Vancouver, and on to Japan."

Japan, Asia

"Last I heard, they were going to Vancouver, and on to Japan."

Tokyo, Japan

"He’s in Tokyo at the moment. Would you like his cell phone?"

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States

"Yes. Fort Bragg and Harvey Point, in North Carolina,” Drake said."

Harvey Point, North Carolina, United States

"Yes. Fort Bragg and Harvey Point, in North Carolina,” Drake said."

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"Professor Kenner comes back to MIT, works there for eight years, very successfully."

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 138:07 A.M."

Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills

"Morton sat at a sidewalk table outside a café on Beverly Drive at eight in the morning, waiting for Sarah to show up."

Los Angeles, California

"Her clothing was chic and out of place in casual Los Angeles—tight-fitting skirt, spike heels, Chanel jacket."

Beverly Hills, California

"At that moment, a Beverly Hills cruiser drove by."

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"It was a ten-minute drive from his offices in Century City to the NERF building."

Beverly Hills, California

"“Where?” “At NERF. In Beverly Hills.”"

United States

"…over the years, which country do you imagine has the best‐maintained network of weather stations over a large area? 'The US?"

San Francisco, California

"And yesterday he told me to buy a new Ferrari from a guy in Monterey, and have it shipped to San Francisco."

Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts

"Then he saw the problem. The address was listed as 2119 Roxbury. His address was 2129 Roxbury. But the address was on the front door, not the back door. They’d just made a mistake."

Boulder, Colorado

"He’s made noises about going to Boulder, Colorado, but I don’t know."

Reno, Nevada

"If he was, he’d send it to Reno. That’s where his car restorer is."

Monterey, California

"And yesterday he told me to buy a new Ferrari from a guy in Monterey, and have it shipped to San Francisco."

Van Nuys, California

"“What do the pilots say?” “They’re in Van Nuys. He’s rented a different plane. I don’t know where he is.”"

Antarctica, Antarctica

"With glaciers melting, and breaking off Antarctica—"

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"CENTURY CITYTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 212:34 P.M."

Mauna Loa, Hawaii, United States

"…Carbon dioxide levels from Mauna Loa and the Law Dome ice cores in Antarctica."

Ontario, California

"His car, a nondescript Buick sedan with Ontario plates, drove through the boatyard, and was gone."

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

"Cynics claimed that NERF had done it to be closer to the Hollywood celebrities who were so essential to their fund-raising."

San Francisco, California

"In time to fly everybody up to San Francisco for the banquet."

San Francisco, California

"“Do you know how much pollution we’re creating right this minute? We’ll burn four hundred fifty gallons of aviation fuel to take twelve people to San Francisco. Just by making this trip, they’re generating more pollution per capita than most people on the planet will generate in a year.”"

Los Angeles, California

"At the center table, Ann Garner, who sat on the boards of environmental organizations, was arguing that Los Angeles needed to build more public transportation so that people could get out of their cars."

North Dakota, United States

"Evans said, “I heard you were in North Dakota and Chicago.”"

Chicago, Illinois

"Evans said, “I heard you were in North Dakota and Chicago.”"

San Francisco, California

"SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY, OCTOBER 49:02 P.M."

Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco

"The Grand Ballroom of the Mark Hopkins Hotel was darkened for the after-dinner speeches."

Marin County, California

"“He’s going to Marin,” Sarah said."

Pismo Beach, California

"They found no other sign of the body, and the cops, talking among themselves, agreed that the prevailing currents would probably carry the body up the coast to Pismo Beach. “We’ll find him,” one said, “in about a week or so. Or at least, what’s left by the great whites.”"

San Francisco, California

"Evans got into the limousine. They drove back toward the lights of San Francisco."

Los Angeles, California

"TO LOS ANGELESTUESDAY, OCTOBER 512:02 P.M. Morton’s jet flew back to Los Angeles at noon."

San Francisco, California

"…disjointed speech (termed “rambling and illogical” by the San Francisco Chronicle)…"

US, United States

"Bradley was now explaining that the US got only 2 percent of its energy from sustainable sources and that we needed a crash program to build thousands of offshore wind farms, like England and Denmark were doing."

England, United Kingdom

"Bradley was now explaining that the US got only 2 percent of its energy from sustainable sources and that we needed a crash program to build thousands of offshore wind farms, like England and Denmark were doing."

Denmark, Europe

"Bradley was now explaining that the US got only 2 percent of its energy from sustainable sources and that we needed a crash program to build thousands of offshore wind farms, like England and Denmark were doing."

West Los Angeles, California

"WEST LOS ANGELESTUESDAY, OCTOBER 53:04 P.M."

Wilshire Corridor, Los Angeles

"Margo Lane lived on the fifteenth floor of a high‐rise apartment building in the Wilshire Corridor."

Oregon, United States

"He told me I should leave town for a while. Go visit my sister in Oregon. But I won’t."

Beverly Hills, California

"He turned right, and then left again, heading north through Beverly Hills."

Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles

"He drove down the alley to Olympic. Across the street he saw a blue Prius, just like the one he had seen below Margo’s apartment."

Angkor, Cambodia

"Above the fireplace was a large Chinese screen with shimmering gilded clouds; a large stone head from the Angkor region of Cambodia, with thick lips and a half-smile, was mounted on a pedestal near the couch;"

San Francisco, California

"“I armed it myself, before I went to San Francisco yesterday.”"

Beverly Hills, California

"“George hated the Beverly Hills police.”"

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 54:45 P.M."

Canada

"Doesn’t Canada make mugs? Nobody ever complains about anything Canada does."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"There’s that supply house in Vancouver…"

Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California

"HOLMBY HILLSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 55:57 P.M."

Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"Traffic was heavy. He crept slowly along Sunset; he had plenty of time to think."

Los Angeles, California

"… everybody in LA has a few bad habits, otherwise we wouldn’t be here—"

UCLA, Los Angeles, California

"He told me it just came over her, and she was unable to move and was dark blue before the paramedics showed up and took her to UCLA. She’s been in intensive care all afternoon."

MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"And to Evans’s astonishment, she stepped across the body of the fallen attacker to give a grateful hug to John Kenner, professor of Geoenvironmental Engineering at MIT."

Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California

"HOLMBY HILLSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 58:03 P.M."

Torrance, California

"“It was a bill from the Edwards Fine Art Display Company of Torrance, California, for construction of a wooden pedestal to support a statue of a Buddha.”"

Arizona, United States

"They knew the phone number of the station in Arizona before they ever started this thing."

China, Asia

"They’re made for us in China, and—"

Japan, Asia

"Industrialized countries now include India and Korea and Japan, of course."

Van Nuys, California

"The plane landed in Van Nuys. A dozen black SUV limos, the latest fashion, were lined up on the runway, waiting for the passengers."

Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"He knew there would be rush hour traffic starting at this time of day and he should get up to Sunset, where traffic moved a little better."

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"Traffic on Wilshire Boulevard was heavy, the start of afternoon rush hour."

Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California

"He turned left, toward Holmby Hills."

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

"They passed Golden Gate Park. Traffic was light; the Ferrari was moving fast, weaving among the cars."

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

"Ahead was the Golden Gate Bridge, brightly lit in the night."

Korea, East Asia

"Industrialized countries now include India and Korea and Japan, of course."

Nepal, South Asia

"“Kenner met him in Nepal when he was climbing a mountain there. Sanjong was a Nepali military officer assigned to help a team of scientists studying soil erosion in the Himalaya. Kenner invited him back to the States to work with him.”"

Himalaya, Asia

"“Sanjong was a Nepali military officer assigned to help a team of scientists studying soil erosion in the Himalaya.”"

Chile, South America

"“‘I don’t know. Where do you want to go?’ ‘Chile.’ ‘Chile! And leave when?’ ‘As soon as possible. Not later than midnight.’”"

Mount Terror, Antarctica

"“‘Yes. We’re talking about Mount Terror, Peter. An inactive volcano. You have heard of it?’ ‘No.’ ‘Well, we’re going there.’ ‘Where is it?’ ‘I thought you’d have guessed that by now,’ Kenner said. ‘It’s in Antarctica, Peter.’”"

Punta Arenas, Chile

"TO PUNTA ARENASTUESDAY, OCTOBER 59:44 P.M. Van Nuys Airport sank beneath them."

Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles, California

"TO PUNTA ARENASTUESDAY, OCTOBER 59:44 P.M. Van Nuys Airport sank beneath them."

Colorado, United States

"They’ve burned hotels in Colorado, houses on Long Island, spiked trees in Michigan, torched cars in California."

Long Island, New York, United States

"They’ve burned hotels in Colorado, houses on Long Island, spiked trees in Michigan, torched cars in California."

Michigan, United States

"They’ve burned hotels in Colorado, houses on Long Island, spiked trees in Michigan, torched cars in California."

California, United States

"They’ve burned hotels in Colorado, houses on Long Island, spiked trees in Michigan, torched cars in California."

Elmira, New York, United States

"Which turns out to be a drop box in Elmira, New York."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"And an equal sum to Seismic Services in Calgary, another drop box."

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

"These groups have misleading names, like the International Wildlife Preservation Fund—that’s an Omaha-based direct-mail organization, that in turn outsources the work to Costa Rica."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"The pattern was confirmed. ELF was buying very sophisticated high technology from companies in Vancouver, London, Osaka, Helsinki, and Seoul."

Osaka, Japan

"The pattern was confirmed. ELF was buying very sophisticated high technology from companies in Vancouver, London, Osaka, Helsinki, and Seoul."

Helsinki, Finland

"The pattern was confirmed. ELF was buying very sophisticated high technology from companies in Vancouver, London, Osaka, Helsinki, and Seoul."

Seoul, South Korea

"The pattern was confirmed. ELF was buying very sophisticated high technology from companies in Vancouver, London, Osaka, Helsinki, and Seoul."

Punta Arenas, Chile

"Sanjong was staring at the charts on the wall, and seemed particularly interested in one. Evans went over. “What is it?” “It’s the record from the weather station at Punta Arenas, near here. It’s the closest city to Antarctica in the world.”"

Mount Terror, Antarctica

"Evans asked, “Where exactly are we going?” and Kenner replied, “To the base nearest Mount Terror. It’s called Weddell Station. Run by New Zealanders.”"

Weddell Station, Antarctica

"Sarah looked out the window at a crusty expanse of white, snow-covered ice. In the distance she saw a series of brightly colored buildings—red, blue, green—built on a cliff, overlooking the gray and choppy ocean. “That’s Weddell Station,” Kenner said."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"“Enormous,” Kenner said. “People have no perspective on Antarctica, because it appears as a fringe at the bottom of most maps. But in fact, Antarctica is a major feature on the Earth’s surface, and a major factor in our climate. It’s a big continent, one and a half times the size of either Europe or the United States, and it holds ninety percent of all the ice on the planet.”"

Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

"Antarctic peninsula has warmed several degrees while interior has cooled somewhat. Ice shelves have retreated but sea ice has increased."

Greenland, Denmark

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

the Alps, Europe

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Sweden, Europe

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Los Angeles, California

"TO LOS ANGELESMONDAY, OCTOBER 116:25 P.M."

Europe

"It’s a big continent, one and a half times the size of either Europe or the United States, and it holds ninety percent of all the ice on the planet."

London, England

"The pattern was confirmed. ELF was buying very sophisticated high technology from companies in Vancouver, London, Osaka, Helsinki, and Seoul."

Himalaya, Asia

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Costa Rica, Central America

"These groups have misleading names, like the International Wildlife Preservation Fund—that’s an Omaha-based direct-mail organization, that in turn outsources the work to Costa Rica."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"Three hours ago, I’m coming to help Sarah deal with a robbery. Now I’m flying to Antarctica. Isn’t it time somebody told me what this is about?"

Los Angeles Basin, California

"The jet turned south, crossing the flat, glowing expanse of the Los Angeles Basin."

Norway, Europe

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Siberia, Russia

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

Weddell Research Station, Antarctica

"They stamped their feet and entered the first building. Weddell Research Station turned out to be home to thirty-odd scientists, graduate students, technicians, and support staff."

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

"Other windows looked out over the vast, white expanse of the Ross Ice Shelf, stretching away to the west."

Mount Terror, Antarctica

"Somewhere south of the slopes of Mount Terror. And that’s where we’re going."

Ann Arbor, Michigan

"He’s a geophysicist at the University of Michigan, and right now he’s in Ann Arbor waiting for his wife to deliver a baby."

California, United States

"“It’s a zone where the ice is subjected to lateral forces, shear forces, a bit like the land in California. But instead of having earthquakes, you get crevasses. Lots of ’em. Deep ones.”"

Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica

"“That’s Erebus,” Bolden said. “It’s an active volcano. That’s steam coming from the summit. Sometimes it lobs chunks of lava, but never this far out. Mount Terror is inactive. You see it ahead.”"

Ross Shelf, Antarctica

"“Two years ago an iceberg broke off the Ross Shelf that was four miles wide and forty miles long. It was as big as Rhode Island. One of the biggest ever seen.”"

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

"On top of them were dozens of cardboard boxes, all stenciled identically. They each had the University of Michigan logo, and then green lettering:University of Michigan Dept. of Environmental Science Contents: Research Materials Extremely Sensitive HANDLE WITH CARE This Side Up"

Weddell Sea, Antarctica

"Not in the course of a few days, no. But these sensors will remain in place for a year or more. Sending back the data by radio to Weddell."

Vostok Station, Antarctica

"I was resident in Vostok Station for six months in the winter of ’99."

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

"Ahead lay the vast white field of the Ross Ice Shelf, stretching away to the gray horizon."

South Pole, Antarctica

"…but was it sinking, or rising? And which direction did the sun indicate, anyway, when you were at the South Pole?"

Patriot Hills, Antarctica

"But the nurses told him what he had done was enough to send a signal to the NASA station at Patriot Hills. NASA had notified Weddell, who sent out a search party, and found them in ten minutes."

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

"No idea. He didn’t come back to the Station today. Neither did Brewster. We think they may have gone to McMurdo and hopped the morning transport out. We have a call in to McMurdo to do a vehicle count, but they haven’t gotten back to us yet."

Helsinki, Finland

"“All right,” Kenner said. “I believe our work here is done. Wheels up in an hour.” “To go where?” Evans said. “I thought that was obvious,” Kenner said. “Helsinki, Finland.”"

Ann Arbor, Michigan

"On the screen was a photo of the man Evans knew as Bolden. But the ID form onscreen gave his name as David R. Kane. Twenty-six years old. Born Minneapolis. BA, Notre Dame; MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."

Helsinki, Finland

"“And why are we going to Helsinki?” “We’re not. I only said that for the benefit of the technician. We’re going to Los Angeles.”"

Los Angeles, California

"“Okay. And why are we going to Los Angeles?” “Because that’s where the NERF Conference on Abrupt Climate Change is being held.”"

Colorado, United States

"He gave testimony before a joint House and Senate committee headed by Senator Wirth of Colorado."

Kyoto, Japan

"You have to speak loudly—and yes, maybe exaggerate a little—if you want to get their attention. And try to mobilize the entire world to sign the Kyoto treaty."

Los Angeles, California

"TO LOS ANGELESFRIDAY, OCTOBER 82:22 P.M."

Los Angeles, California

"TO LOS ANGELESFRIDAY, OCTOBER 83:27 P.M."

Santa Cruz, California

"a twenty-nine-year-old graduate student at the University of California at Santa Cruz."

El Segundo, California

"He was caught sabotaging an oil rig in El Segundo, California."

Weddell, Antarctica

"Similarly, the three extremists at Weddell clearly had formidable backing to carry out their high-tech terrorist act."

Century City, Los Angeles, California

"CENTURY CITYSATURDAY, OCTOBER 99:08 A.M."

Los Angeles, California

"LOS ANGELESSATURDAY, OCTOBER 911:04 A.M. In the hot midday sun, Kenner parked his car in the downtown lot and walked with Sarah out onto the street."

New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

"Off the coast of New Guinea. North of Australia."

Australia, Oceania

"Off the coast of New Guinea. North of Australia."

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

"On the screen was a photo of the man Evans knew as Bolden. But the ID form onscreen gave his name as David R. Kane. Twenty-six years old. Born Minneapolis. BA, Notre Dame; MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."

Notre Dame, Paris, France

"On the screen was a photo of the man Evans knew as Bolden. But the ID form onscreen gave his name as David R. Kane. Twenty-six years old. Born Minneapolis. BA, Notre Dame; MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"The outside temperature’s perfect for springtime in Antarctica—minus twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"Did Evans really think these were images from Antarctica?"

Mount Terror, Antarctica

"“That’s Erebus,” Bolden said. “It’s an active volcano. That’s steam coming from the summit. Sometimes it lobs chunks of lava, but never this far out. Mount Terror is inactive. You see it ahead.”"

Fourth Street, Los Angeles

"He crossed Fourth. A pickup truck pulled over to the side, a few yards ahead."

County General Hospital, Los Angeles

"Ahead, the pickup truck moved onto the Interstate 5 freeway, heading east, past the clustered yellowing buildings of County General Hospital."

Flagstaff, Arizona

"“For the launch stands?” “Where?” Kenner said, “Flagstaff, Arizona.”"

Lazy-Bar Ranch, Sedona, Arizona

"Sanjong wrote down the license, and called back in less than five minutes. “It’s registered to the Lazy-Bar Ranch, outside Sedona,” he told Kenner."

City of Commerce, California

"CITY OF COMMERCESATURDAY, OCTOBER 912:13 P.M."

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSSATURDAY, OCTOBER 91:13 P.M. As Evans climbed the steps to his apartment, he could hear the television blaring."

Beverly Hills, California

"STATEOFFEAR @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } BEVERLY HILLSSATURDAY, OCTOBER 911:12 A.M."

Santa Monica, California

"It was only a short drive from NERF to the conference headquarters, in downtown Santa Monica."

Flagstaff, Arizona

"The helicopter thumped over the Arizona desert, twenty miles east of Flagstaff, not far from Canyon Diablo."

Canyon Diablo, Arizona

"The helicopter thumped over the Arizona desert, twenty miles east of Flagstaff, not far from Canyon Diablo."

Utah, United States

"A large percentage of the state parks in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico were booked in advance, and paid for, to reserve them for company picnics, school celebrations, institutional birthday parties, and so on, for this weekend."

Arizona, United States

"A large percentage of the state parks in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico were booked in advance, and paid for, to reserve them for company picnics, school celebrations, institutional birthday parties, and so on, for this weekend."

New Mexico, United States

"A large percentage of the state parks in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico were booked in advance, and paid for, to reserve them for company picnics, school celebrations, institutional birthday parties, and so on, for this weekend."

Flagstaff, Arizona

"They were in the back of a steakhouse in Flagstaff."

Shoshone, Arizona

"They were in a crappy motel room in Shoshone, Arizona, twenty miles north of Flagstaff."

Payson, Arizona

"This is NEXRAD radar from Flagstaff-Pulliam. You can see the precipitation center forming northeast of Payson. There should be a storm there by midday tomorrow."

Tonto Forest, Prescott, Arizona

"“Tonto Forest, west of Prescott,” the pilot said. “I’ve marked the coordinates.”"

Brussels, Belgium

"“Trust me—it’ll be even easier to sell abrupt climate change in Europe than in the US. You just do it out of Brussels. Because bureaucrats get it, Nicholas.”"

Big Thompson, Colorado

"Kenner was now talking about some famous flood in Colorado, the Big Thompson, where a hundred and forty people died in a matter of minutes. “Cars crushed like beer cans,” he said. “People with clothes ripped off their bodies by mud. Don’t kid yourself.”"

O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona

"Evans thought, Mount up. Jesus. This was the O.K. Corral."

Arizona, United States

"Behind them was a battered blue pickup truck. With Arizona plates."

Arizona, United States

"Somebody had gotten to the radios. In DC? Or in Arizona?"

Kayenta, Arizona

"Even when he heard the weather service announce a flash flood advisory for the eastern counties from Kayenta to Two Guns and Camp Payson—an area that included McKinley—Rodriguez still waited."

Two Guns, Arizona

"Even when he heard the weather service announce a flash flood advisory for the eastern counties from Kayenta to Two Guns and Camp Payson—an area that included McKinley—Rodriguez still waited."

Camp Payson, Arizona

"Even when he heard the weather service announce a flash flood advisory for the eastern counties from Kayenta to Two Guns and Camp Payson—an area that included McKinley—Rodriguez still waited."

Dos Cabezas, Arizona

"That was when he heard that an ambulance had already been called to Dos Cabezas, fifteen miles to the north. Apparently a group of hunters had gotten into a drunken argument, and there had been some shooting."

McKinley Park, Clayton County

"He heard the police radio announce flash flood warnings for Clayton County, which was where McKinley Park was located."

Northern Arizona, United States

"Rodriguez had lived in northern Arizona his whole life."

Flagstaff, Arizona

"They were in a small, screened-off cubicle in the Flagstaff hospital emergency room."

Cleveland, Ohio

"He could never have imagined such a thing growing up in suburban Cleveland, or in college, or law school."

Los Angeles, California

"He could never have imagined such a thing while living his daily life, going to work at his firm in Los Angeles."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"It had been traced, however. It had been placed from a pay phone in Calgary, Canada."

Phoenix, Arizona

"They had the satellite linkup of the news station in Phoenix."

Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles, California

"They followed the truck down Second, past the Los Angeles Times building, past the criminal courts, and then onto the freeway."

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"“Haven’t I seen this card before? It looks familiar. It was at that apartment on Wilshire where the lady was paralyzed.”"

Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California

"Brewster crossed Fifth Street, and continued on. He went another half a block, and then turned left, down an alley."

Interstate 5, California, United States

"Ahead, the pickup truck moved onto the Interstate 5 freeway, heading east, past the clustered yellowing buildings of County General Hospital."

Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"“I stopped to get gas.” … “Which station?” “Shell on Pico.”"

McKinley Park, Clayton County

"Standing to one side of McKinley Park, Trooper Miguel Rodriguez of the Arizona Highway Patrol stood by his car and watched the picnic in progress."

Sedona, Arizona, United States

"It was a truck from KBBD, a cable station in Sedona."

Flagstaff, Arizona

"The graphic behind their heads read “Killings in Canyon Country” and apparently referred to the deaths of the men in Flagstaff, but Evans had come in too late to hear the news."

Canyon Country, Arizona

"The graphic behind their heads read “Killings in Canyon Country” and apparently referred to the deaths of the men in Flagstaff, but Evans had come in too late to hear the news."

McKinley State Park, Arizona

"There’s other news from McKinley State Park, where a flash flood warning saved the lives of three hundred schoolchildren on a school picnic."

Greenland, Denmark

"Onscreen, the weatherman was saying, “—is becoming so bad, that the latest news is—get this—glaciers on Greenland are melting away and will soon vanish entirely."

Arizona, United States

"If you’re a longtime resident of the Grand Canyon State, you’ve probably noticed that our weather is changing, and scientists have confirmed that what’s behind it is our old culprit, global warming."

Van Nuys, California

"VAN NUYSMONDAY, OCTOBER 117:30 P.M. All he wanted to do was sleep."

Beverly Hills, California

"Mr. Evans, this is Ron Perry at the Beverly Hills police department. You’ve missed your four o’clock appointment to dictate a statement. I don’t want to issue a warrant for your arrest. Call me. You have the number."

Culver City, California

"Balder’s office has been calling. They want you at the Culver City office tomorrow morning by ten A.M. sharp. My advice is, be there, or start looking for another job."

Culver City, California

"CULVER CITYTUESDAY, OCTOBER 129:51 A.M. There were two white camera trucks parked outside the offices of the Vanutu litigation team."

Pasadena, California

"Pasadena, CA 1930–2000"

Berkeley, California

"Berkeley, CA 1930–2000"

McGill, Nevada

"McGill, NV 1930–2000"

Guthrie, Oklahoma

"Guthrie, OK 1930–2000"

Boulder, Colorado

"Boulder, CO 1930–1997"

Truman, Missouri

"Truman, MO 1931–2000"

Ann Arbor, Michigan

"Ann Arbor, MI 1930–2000"

Charleston, South Carolina

"Charleston, SC 1930–2000"

New York, New York

"New York, NY 1930–2000"

Syracuse, New York

"Syracuse, NY 1930–2000"

Albany, New York

"Albany, NY 1930–2000"

Oswego, New York

"Oswego, NY 1930–2000"

New York, New York

"New York, NY 1822–2000 and New York City, a rise of 5 degrees Fahrenheit in a hundred seventy-eight years."

Albany, New York

"Albany, NY 1820–2000"

West Point, New York

"West Point, NY 1931–2000"

West Point, New York

"West Point, NY 1900–2000"

West Point, New York

"West Point, NY 1826–2000"

Houston, Texas

"Houston increased .8 degrees Celsius in the last twelve years."

Shanghai, China

"The Chinese report that Shanghai warmed 1 degree Celsius in the last twenty years alone."

Manchester, England

"Manchester, England, is now 8 degrees warmer than the surrounding countryside."

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

"maintained at Oak Ridge National Laboratories"

Los Angeles, California

"In Los Angeles federal district court."

Culver City, California

"CULVER CITYTUESDAY, OCTOBER 121:20 P.M."

Alice Springs, Australia

"Alice Springs, Australia 1879–2003"

Clyde, Northwest Territories

"Clyde, NWT 1943–2004"

Christchurch, New Zealand

"Christchurch, NZ 1864–2003"

Kamenskoe, Siberia

"Kamenskoe, Siberia 1949–1998"

Rome, Italy

"Rome, Italy 1811–1989"

Milano-Linate, Italy

"Milano-Linate, 1763–1986"

Stuttgart, Germany

"Stuttgart, Germany 1792–1999"

Navacerrada, Spain

"Navacerrada, Spain 1941–2004"

Göteborg, Sweden

"Göteborg, Sweden 1951–2004"

Choshi, Japan

"Choshi, Japan 1887–2004"

Takayama, Japan

"Takayama, Japan 1900–1990"

Tokyo, Japan

"Tokyo, Japan 1876–2004"

Washington, D.C., United States

"So, what’re you doing now? Going back to DC and your boyfriend?"

Culver City, California

"CULVER CITYTUESDAY, OCTOBER 122:15 P.M."

Pismo Beach, California

"The body of millionaire financier George Morton had washed up on the shore near Pismo Beach."

San Francisco, California

"“Well, you’re going to San Francisco.”"

Sequoia National Park, California

"“He’s in Sequoia.” “National Park. It’s on the way.”"

Beverly Hills, California

"I dialed the Beverly Hills police and asked for Detective Perry."

Van Nuys, California

"“You know the way to Van Nuys?”"

Los Angeles, California

"“The threat of abrupt climate change,” he said, “is so devastating for mankind, and for all life on this planet, that conferences are being convened all around the world to deal with it. There is a conference in Los Angeles starting tomorrow, where scientists will discuss what we can do to mitigate this terrible threat.”"

San Francisco, California

"The pilot clicked on the intercom, telling them to take their seats because they were on their final approach to San Francisco."

Iceland, Europe

"…he realized that it probably looked like the land he had recently seen in Iceland—cold, wet, rocky, and barren."

Van Nuys, California

"“Fasten your seat belts,” the captain said. “We are landing in Van Nuys.”"

Death Valley, California, United States

"Death Valley, CA 1933–2000"

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

"Greenville, SC 1930–2000"

Lahore, Pakistan

"Lahore City, Pakistan 1876–2003"

Yosemite Valley, California

"Twenty thousand years ago, the Ice Age glaciers receded from California, gouging out Yosemite Valley and other beauty spots as they left."

California, United States

"Twenty thousand years ago, the Ice Age glaciers receded from California, gouging out Yosemite Valley and other beauty spots as they left."

San Francisco, California

"SAN FRANCISCO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 126:31 P.M. The anteroom was gray, cold, and smelled of disinfectant."

Pismo Beach, California

"Lifeguards in Pismo made the discovery, called the police. The police ID’d him from the clothes."

New York, New York

"Custom made. They called the tailor in New York and he confirmed that they had been made for George Morton."

Oakland Municipal Garage, Oakland, California

"We have to go to the Oakland Municipal Garage. The police are waiting for us."

Oakland, California

"It was an enormous concrete structure, adjacent to a vast parking lot on the outskirts of Oakland."

Monterey, California

"“This is the car that Mr. Morton recently bought in Monterey?”"

Sonoma, California

"The car was transported from Monterey to a private garage in Sonoma, where it remained for two weeks, before being taken to San Francisco."

San Francisco, California

"The car was transported from Monterey to a private garage in Sonoma, where it remained for two weeks, before being taken to San Francisco."

San Jose, California

"“Who worked on the car, in San Jose?”"

Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco

"“The night George drove it away from the Mark Hopkins Hotel,” Evans said."

Route 54, Sonoma, California

"“We know you rented a private garage outside Sonoma on Route 54. It was fairly quiet and out of the way.”"

Los Angeles, California

"TO LOS ANGELESTUESDAY, OCTOBER 1210:31 P.M."

California, United States

"There are more than that in California."

New York, New York

"A typical speeded-up New York type—in every way Sarah’s opposite."

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

"Kilimanjaro is melting."

United States

"US Hurricane Strikes by Decade 1900–2004"

South America

"As you know, El Niño is a global weather pattern that begins when ocean temperatures along the west coast of South America remain above normal for several months."

Van Nuys, California

"STATEOFFEAR @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } VAN NUYS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 11:22 P.M. Sanjong Thapa was waiting at the airport, looking worried."

Culver City, California

"Peter Evans drove Jennifer to her car, which was back in Culver City."

Amazon, Brazil

"The Indians in the Amazon used them for poison for their arrowheads. No, he thought, that was toads. No octopus in the Amazon. Or were there?"

Beverly Hills, California

"BEVERLY HILLSWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 131:02 A.M."

Los Angeles, California

"the final interview for his LA job, where he spilled soup all over his shirt and the partners pretended not to notice"

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

"Nicholas Drake was sitting at his desk in his home in Brentwood, near Santa Monica."

Santa Monica, California

"Nicholas Drake was sitting at his desk in his home in Brentwood, near Santa Monica."

Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

"There had been some discussion about that, because they had also bought him a townhouse in Georgetown."

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California

"Ted Bradley, sitting at his desk in his house in the San Fernando Valley."

California, United States

"California was, after all, the most environmentally conscious state in the nation."

Australia, Oceania

"It’s found everywhere in the coastal waters of Australia."

Los Angeles, California

"And a bite’s not likely to be quickly recognized at a hospital in Los Angeles."

Tokyo, Japan

"Maybe not, Sanjong said. Tokyo says some recent cellular and Internet traffic suggests that the project may be canceled."

Santa Monica, California

"SANTA MONICAWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 139:00 A.M."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"He’s a professor emeritus at USC. He was one of the first people to study in a rigorous statistical fashion the media and its effect on society. He’s quite interesting, but as you see he has developed, uh, strong opinions."

Africa

"Nicholas Drake is an immoral fraud, and these proceedings are a travesty to the poor of the world. I bear witness to the dying children of Africa and Asia! Breathing their last because of conferences like this! Fearmongers! Immoral fearmongers!"

Asia

"Nicholas Drake is an immoral fraud, and these proceedings are a travesty to the poor of the world. I bear witness to the dying children of Africa and Asia! Breathing their last because of conferences like this! Fearmongers! Immoral fearmongers!"

Santa Monica, California

"SANTA MONICAWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 139:33 A.M. They were sitting on a bench across the street from the conference hall, just beyond the milling crowds near the entrance."

New York, New York

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

Miami, Florida

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

Los Angeles, California

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

Seattle, Washington

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

Maine, United States

"Got a fabulous place in Aspen, and a great house in Maine as well."

Washington, D.C., United States

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

London, England

"And that apartment in London, is that yours or your husband’s company or what?"

UCLA, Los Angeles, California

"Evans, who was lying in the emergency room at UCLA with a respirator on his face, just stared."

Norway, Europe

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

Poland, Europe

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

Neptune, Solar System

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

San Francisco, California

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

France, Europe

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

England, United Kingdom

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

Berlin, Germany

"But in fact the rise in the use of the term crisis can be located with some precision in the autumn of 1989. And it seemed suspicious that it should coincide so closely with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Which happened on November ninth of that year."

Greenland, Denmark

"These ice cores from Greenland show that, in the last one hundred thousand years, there have been four abrupt climate change events."

American Southwest, United States

"…and the terrible loss of life from the flash flood in the American Southwest."

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"…that submarine and its tender ship had been leased by CanuCo, a natural gas corporation based in Calgary, to conduct research in the South Pacific…"

South Pacific, Oceania

"…to conduct research in the South Pacific, looking for undersea gas deposits."

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

"The tender had sailed to Port Moresby, New Guinea, some two months before,…"

Bougainville, Solomon Islands

"…and had subsequently left that harbor and had been spotted near Bougainville, in the Solomon Islands."

Florida, United States

"On another screen, Sanjong was monitoring the satellite images from the western Atlantic, off the coast of Florida."

405 Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"405 FREEWAYWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1312:22 P.M."

San Francisco, California

"“Or, barring that, you can call the medical examiner’s office in San Francisco and confirm that they have, in fact, made a positive identification.”"

Los Angeles, California

"The plane rose above the cloud layer in Los Angeles, and turned west, over the Pacific."

New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

"Ann said, “Where are we going?” … “To an island off the coast of New Guinea.”"

Pacific Ocean, Earth

"The plane rose above the cloud layer in Los Angeles, and turned west, over the Pacific."

Kyoto, Japan

"Not even global warming. Or Kyoto."

Massachusetts, United States

"Just cover the state of Massachusetts with solar panels and we’d be done."

Texas, United States

"Or Texas. Nobody I know cares about Texas."

Los Angeles, California

"Texans would probably prefer to cover Los Angeles first."

Van Nuys, California

"“Nonsense,” Ted Bradley said, sitting back in the passenger seat as Evans drove to Van Nuys."

Santa Monica, California

"SANTA MONICA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 10:33 A.M."

Russia

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

Aspen, Colorado

"Got a fabulous place in Aspen, and a great house in Maine as well."

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"I have an apartment in Cambridge. Nine hundred square feet. I do not own a car. I fly coach."

Gareda, Solomon Islands

"Your destination is filed as Gareda in the Solomon Islands. I just want to make sure you’re aware of the travel advisory for Gareda."

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States

"Yellowstone Park, he explained, was the first wilderness to be set aside as a natural preserve anywhere in the world."

Vostok, Antarctica

"reviewing the carbon dioxide levels of ice cores taken from Vostok and from North GRIP in Greenland."

North GRIP, Greenland

"reviewing the carbon dioxide levels of ice cores taken from Vostok and from North GRIP in Greenland."

Hong Kong, China

"I went back and got a decent description from Hong Kong customs."

Japan, Asia

"But countries like Japan do much better than we do."

Germany, Europe

"Germany is five percent renewable."

England, United Kingdom

"England two percent."

Denmark, Europe

"Denmark."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"His toes still burned from the Antarctic episode and his back was very sore from his being bounced around in the flash flood."

Honolulu, Hawaii

"“That was a clever story you arranged in Honolulu,” he said. “Too bad it didn’t work on Ted.”"

California, United States

"“Okay,” Kenner said. “Now draw a straight line out from Resolution Bay and see where it takes you.” “California!” “Right. In about eleven hours.”"

Solomon Islands, Oceania

"We’re pretty sure we know now. The whole Solomon Island chain of more than nine hundred islands is located within a very active geological part of the world in terms of plate tectonics."

Siberia, Russia

"Sanjong brought up a map of the entire Pacific basin, from Siberia to Chile, Australia to Alaska."

Chile, South America

"Sanjong brought up a map of the entire Pacific basin, from Siberia to Chile, Australia to Alaska."

Australia, Oceania

"Sanjong brought up a map of the entire Pacific basin, from Siberia to Chile, Australia to Alaska."

Alaska, United States

"Sanjong brought up a map of the entire Pacific basin, from Siberia to Chile, Australia to Alaska."

Zimbabwe, Africa

"As a matter of fact, yes. I shot a picture in Zimbabwe and another one in Botswana. I know what I am talking about."

Botswana, Africa

"As a matter of fact, yes. I shot a picture in Zimbabwe and another one in Botswana. I know what I am talking about."

Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States

"“Where do you live now, Ted?” Kenner said. “Sherman Oaks.” “Is that a village?” “No, well, it’s a sort of a village, I suppose you could say…But I have to be in LA for my work,” Bradley said."

Brussels, Belgium

"…when they don’t even live in the same country as I do, but they still feel—in some far-off Western city, at a desk in some glass skyscraper in Brussels or Berlin or New York—they still feel that they know the solution to all my problems..."

Berlin, Germany

"…when they don’t even live in the same country as I do, but they still feel—in some far-off Western city, at a desk in some glass skyscraper in Brussels or Berlin or New York—they still feel that they know the solution to all my problems..."

Solomon Islands, Oceania

"“Gorgeous,” Bradley said. “Pristine! I can’t wait to get down there. This is as good as a vacation! Did anyone here know the Solomons were so beautiful?”"

West Indies, Caribbean

"“Yes, well, that’s all in the past,” Bradley said. “If it ever existed at all. I mean, all that talk about cannibalism. Everybody knows it is not true. I read a book by some professor. There never were any cannibals, anywhere in the world. It’s all a big myth. Another example of the way the white man demonizes people of color. When Columbus came to the West Indies, he thought they told him there were cannibals there, but it wasn’t true.”"

Sumatra, Indonesia

"“Have you ever been to Sumatra?”"

New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

"“New Guinea?”"

Borneo, Southeast Asia

"“Borneo?” “No, but I always wanted to go there, too. That Sultan What’s his name, he did a great job remodeling the Dorchester in London—”"

The Dorchester, London, United Kingdom

"“Borneo?” … “That Sultan What’s his name, he did a great job remodeling the Dorchester in London—”"

New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

"“Where’d you learn Pidgin?” “New Guinea. I worked there a year.”"

Los Angeles, California

"“Wait a minute,” he said. “What time is it in Los Angeles?”"

Antarctica, Antarctica

"“They had them in Antarctica,” Sarah said."

California coast, California

"We’ve been worried about this tsunami wave heading toward the California coast."

Los Angeles, California

"“But I have to be in LA for my work,” Bradley said."

United States

"…do you want all these people to have the same horrific, wasteful living standard that we do in America and, to a lesser extent, Europe?"

Europe

"…do you want all these people to have the same horrific, wasteful living standard that we do in America and, to a lesser extent, Europe?"

Australia, Oceania

"…so they could see the arrival of Australian troops."

Honolulu, Hawaii

"Prepare for landing in Honolulu."

Pacific Ocean, Earth

"Subtract thirteen hours for the wave front to cross the Pacific"

Melbourne, Australia

"“I got a degree at the University of Melbourne,” Henry said. “So I have some familiarity.”"

Yellowstone River, Montana, United States

"The region around the Yellowstone River in Wyoming had long been recognized for its wondrous scenic beauty."

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

"From the bushes ahead, a young boy emerged. He was wearing boots without socks, green shorts, a 'Madonna World Tour' T-shirt, and a baseball cap that said 'Perth Glory.' A half-smoked cigarette stub hung from his lips."

Golden, Colorado

"Eight thousand miles to the east, it was the middle of the night in Golden, Colorado, when the computers of the National Earthquake Information Center registered an atypical seismic disturbance..."

Pacific basin, Pacific Ocean

"…a seismic disturbance originating from the Pacific basin, just north of the Solomon Islands, and measuring 6.3 Richter."

Solomon Islands, Oceania

"…originating from the Pacific basin, just north of the Solomon Islands, and measuring 6.3 Richter."

Hawaii, United States

"It was the middle of the night in Hawaii when the computers pinged and the screens came up."

Alaska, United States

"Five hours later, the DART buoys off the coast of California and Alaska detected the passage of a tsunami train, now further weakened."

California, United States

"Ninety minutes later, the much-weakened tsunami train struck the beaches of California. It consisted of a set of five waves averaging six feet in height..."

Oregon, United States

"BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA–OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES."

British Columbia, Canada

"BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA–OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES."

Beverly Hills, California

"…with that girl at the coffee shop, that morning in Beverly Hills."

Honolulu, Hawaii

"Evans slept most of the way to Honolulu. After the plane refueled and took off again, he sat up and talked to Morton and the others."

Los Angeles, California

"Half an hour before they reached the California coast, they saw the spreading brown haze… The plane descended smoothly toward Los Angeles."

Monterey, California

"‘He told me to buy a new Ferrari from a guy in Monterey and have it shipped to San Francisco.’"

San Francisco, California

"‘He told me to buy a new Ferrari from a guy in Monterey and have it shipped to San Francisco.’"

Sonoma, California

"‘And then I had to fly a couple of Hollywood prop guys up to Sonoma to beat the hell out of it and make it look like a crash.’"

Sydney, Australia

"Morton wanted to be taken to Sydney for surgery, but he was not allowed to leave because he had been reported as a missing person in America."

Melbourne, Australia

"Although he complained bitterly about witch doctors, a very good surgeon trained in Melbourne took care of his lung in Gareda Town."

New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

"…following the devastating New Guinea earthquake of 1998—the single most destructive tsunami of the century—which also did not have the classic slow tsunami profile."

South Pacific, Oceania

"However, in the South Pacific, this designation was being reexamined, following the devastating New Guinea earthquake of 1998…"

Cold Springs Harbor, New York

"The Cold Springs Harbor Institute was built to carry out this research, but important work was also done at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins."

California, United States

"Legislation to address the crisis was passed in states from New York to California."

Germany, Europe

"Even after the center of the eugenics effort moved to Germany, and involved the gassing of individuals from mental institutions, the Rockefeller Foundation continued to finance German researchers at a very high level."

University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

"the Jones, et al. data set from the Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (CRU)"

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

"…maintained by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and the Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (CDIAC) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee."

Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California

"The Greatest Challenge Facing Mankind: Remarks to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco"

Geneva, Switzerland

"Their legal case “could take years to litigate in Geneva, is likely to hinge” on thus and such."

Frankfurt, Germany

"My guy is in the waiting room of Frankfurt airport and he strikes up a conversation with another man in the lounge, and they discover—to their horror—that they are both involved in the study."

Russian Empire, Russia

"you can find silly statements 24 hours in advance of the fall of the Russian empire."

China, Asia

"And then opens China."

Palestine, Middle East

"…as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"the Antarctic ice pack is increasing, not decreasing, and that this increase means we are finally seeing an end to the shrinking of the pack"

Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California

"Remarks to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco"

United States

"the economic effects to the U.S. economy of the last El Nino warming event of 1997."

Europe

"On a plane to Europe, I am seated next to a guy who is very unhappy."

La Jolla, San Diego, California

"La Jolla, CaliforniaApril 26, 2002"

Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States

"World temperature data has been taken from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, New York (GISS)"

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States

"Aliens Cause Global Warming: The 2003 Michelin Lecture at the California Institute of Technology"

Hilo, Hawaii, United States

"…the sensors of the MORN, the Mid-Ocean Relay Network, operating out of Hilo, Hawaii."

Borneo, Southeast Asia

"Take a trek through the jungles of Borneo, and in short order you will have festering sores on your skin, you’ll have bugs all over your body, biting in your hair, and crawling up your nose and into your ears, you’ll have infections and sickness, and if you’re not with somebody who knows what they’re doing, you’ll quickly starve to death."

Karakorum Mountains, Pakistan

"Many years ago I was trekking in the Karakorum Mountains of northern Pakistan when my group came to a river that we had to cross."

Philippines, Southeast Asia

"More recently still the gentle Tasaday of the Philippines turned out to be a publicity stunt, a nonexistent tribe."

New Zealand, Oceania

"The Maori of New Zealand committed massacres regularly."

Sahara Desert, Africa

"I can tell you that the Sahara desert is shrinking."

Antarctica, Antarctica

"I can tell you that the total ice of Antarctica is increasing."

Green Bank, West Virginia, United States

"Cast your minds back to 1960: John F. Kennedy is president, commercial jet airplanes are just appearing, and the biggest university mainframes have 12K of memory, and in Green Bank, West Virginia at the new National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a young astrophysicist named Frank Drake runs a two week project called Ozma, to search for extraterrestrial signals."

Washington, D.C., United States

"At the conference in Washington, during the question period, Ehrlich was reminded that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists were quoted as saying nothing would grow there for 75 years."

Hiroshima, Japan

"Ehrlich was reminded that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists were quoted as saying nothing would grow there for 75 years."

Nagasaki, Japan

"Ehrlich was reminded that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists were quoted as saying nothing would grow there for 75 years."

France, Europe

"In 2000, France was getting 80% of its power from an energy source that was unknown in 1900."

Germany, Europe

"Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan were getting more than 30% from this source."

Switzerland, Europe

"Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan were getting more than 30% from this source."

Belgium, Europe

"Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan were getting more than 30% from this source."

Japan, Asia

"Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan were getting more than 30% from this source."

Kuwait, Asia

"A final media embarrassment came in 1991, when Carl Sagan predicted on Nightline that Kuwaiti oil fires would produce a nuclear winter effect, causing a 'year without a summer,' and endangering crops around the world."

Chicago, Illinois

"ABOUT THE AUTHOR MICHAEL CRICHTON was born in Chicago in 1942."

25 Ryde Road, Pymble

"Australia HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321)Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia"

55 Avenue Road, Suite 2900, Toronto

"Canada HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.55 Avenue Road, Suite 2900Toronto, ON, M5R, 3L2, Canada"

Auckland, New Zealand

"New Zealand HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) LimitedP.O. Box 1Auckland, New Zealand"

77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London

"United Kingdom HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.77-85 Fulham Palace RoadLondon, W6 8JB, UK"

10 East 53rd Street, New York

"United States HarperCollins Publishers Inc.10 East 53rd StreetNew York, NY 10022"

Vienna, Austria

"R. Bohm, “Urban bias in temperature time series—a case study for the city of Vienna, Austria,” Climatic Change 38, (1998): 113–1128."

USA

"Population-based adjustments for the UHI in the USA may be underestimating the urban effect."

Shanghai, China

"L. Chen, et al., 2003, “Characteristics of the heat island effect in Shanghai and its possible mechanism,” Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 20: 991–1001."

Houston, Texas

"D. R. Streutker, “Satellite-measured growth of the urban heat island of Houston, Texas,” Remote Sensing of Environment 85 (2003): 282–289."

South Korea

"Y. Choi, H.-S. Jung, K.-Y. Nam, and W.-T. Kwon, “Adjusting urban bias in the regional mean surface temperature series of South Korea, 1968–99,” International Journal of Climatology 23 (2003): 577–91."

Leicester, United Kingdom

"† http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/leicester_2002/2253636.stm. The BBC gives no scientific reference for the eight-degree claim."

Los Angeles, California

"‡ LA population is 14,531,000;"

Berkeley, California

"Berkeley is 6,250,000;"

New York, New York

"New York is 19,345,000."

South Pole, Antarctica

"* South Pole, Mauna Loa: C. D. Keeling, T. P. Whorf, and the Carbon Dioxide Research Group, Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A."

Mauna Loa, Hawaii, United States

"* South Pole, Mauna Loa: C. D. Keeling, T. P. Whorf, and the Carbon Dioxide Research Group, Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A."

Seychelles

"Seychelles: Thomas J. Conway, Pieter Tans, Lee S. Waterman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80303."

325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, United States

"Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80303."

United States

"Banning DDT is one of the most disgraceful episodes in the twentieth century history of America."

La Jolla, San Diego, California

"Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A."

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

"IPCC. Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 774:"

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States

"The 2003 Michelin Lecture at the California Institute of Technology"

Sahel region, Africa

"Africa’s deserts are in retreat…Analysis of satellite images…reveals that dunes are retreating right across the Sahel region…Vegetation is ousting sand across a swathe of land stretching…6000 kilometers…. Analysts say the gradual greening has been happening since the mid 1980s, though has gone largely unnoticed."

Washington, D.C., United States

"Morjorie L. Reaka-Kudia, et al., Biodiversity II, Understanding and Protecting our Biological Resources, Washington: National Academies Press, 1997."

California, United States

"California has 497 glaciers;"

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

"“In recent years, Kilimanjaro and its vanishing glaciers have become an ‘icon’ of global warming…[but] processes other than air temperature control the ice recession…A drastic drop in atmospheric moisture at the end of the 19th century and the ensuing drier climate conditions are likely forcing glacier retreat.”"

Northern Pacific, Pacific Ocean

"Thus the northern Pacific has risen, but the southern Pacific has fallen by several millimeters in recent years."

Southern Pacific, Pacific Ocean

"Thus the northern Pacific has risen, but the southern Pacific has fallen by several millimeters in recent years."

United States

"Stanley A. Changnon, 1999: “Impacts of 1997–98 El Niño–Generated Weather in the United States,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80, no. 9: pp. 1819–28."

White House Science Office

"Estimate from the White House Science Office for all costs of the scare, including property devaluation and relocation of power lines."

Kyoto, Japan

"Most recently, Nature 22 (October 2003): 395–741, stated, with Russia signed on, temperature affected by Kyoto would be–.02 degrees C by 2050."

New York, New York

"John Noble Wilford, “Deaths from DDT Successor Stir Concern,” New York Times, 21 August 1970, p. 1"

United States

"He puts the number of unnecessary dead at 60,000 per year in the US alone."

southwestern Colorado, United States

"prehistoric Puebloan site in southwestern Colorado"

England, United Kingdom

"Among Celts in England:"

southwestern United States, United States

"Incontrovertible evidence of cannibalism has been found at a 900-year-old site in the southwestern United States. Why do horrified critics deny that many societies have found cannibalism acceptable?"

American Southwest, United States

"Cannibalism in the American southwest:"

New York, New York

"It had been the first to pass anti-smoking laws, almost ten years before New York or any other Eastern state did."

New York, New York

"Legislation to address the crisis was passed in states from New York to California."

New York, New York

"Of course by 2050 our energy needs will triple, so maybe New York would be a better choice."

New York, New York

"…when they don’t even live in the same country as I do, but they still feel—in some far-off Western city, at a desk in some glass skyscraper in Brussels or Berlin or New York—they still feel that they know the solution to all my problems..."

New York, New York

"Let’s think back to people in 1900 in, say, New York. If they worried about people in 2000, what would they worry about? Probably: where would people get enough horses?"

Chicago, Illinois

"We eventually sorted a complex nodal North America—Toronto, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Montreal—with spines to both American coasts, as well as England, France, and Germany."

Chicago, Illinois

"The day before that he was in Chicago."

Los Angeles, California

"LOS ANGELESMONDAY, AUGUST 234:09 P.M. The iron gates swung open, and the car drove up the shaded driveway to the house that slowly came into view."

Los Angeles, California

"“Peter, you never ask a lady that question. Especially in LA.”"

Washington, D.C., United States

"Of course the National Environmental Resource Fund was headquartered in Washington, DC, but they had recently opened a west coast office, in Beverly Hills."

Washington, D.C., United States

"“I had them FedExed from DC.”"

Washington, D.C., United States

"BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA–OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES."

United States

"“Kenner invited him back to the States to work with him.”"

United States

"It’s a big continent, one and a half times the size of either Europe or the United States, and it holds ninety percent of all the ice on the planet."

United States

"In most respects 1989 seemed like a normal year: a Soviet sub sank in Norway; Tiananmen Square in China; the Exxon Valdez; Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death; Jane Fonda, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Springsteen all got divorced; the Episcopal Church hired a female bishop; Poland allowed striking unions; Voyager went to Neptune; a San Francisco earthquake flattened highways; and Russia, the US, France, and England all conducted nuclear tests."

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