<div>Coast to Coast AM (locally at night on KOZE AM 950 Lewiston), now hosted mostly by George Noory, who replaced retired Art Bell, features an odd mix of interviews with conspiracy theorists, pseudo-scientific paranormal, global warming denialist, or alien Earth visitation or on Mars nonsense etc., and some credible competent scientists. Among the competent scientists is U of W. biologist Peter Ward, who was interviewed last night. The interview can be listened to off the Coast to Coast AM second website below. Info on professor Ward's book on extinctions and global warming mentioned in the subject heading is from Amazon.com lower down:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/ward-peter/6323">http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/ward-peter/6323</a> </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2011/06/01">http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2011/06/01</a></div>
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<h1>Peter Ward</h1>
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<h2>Biography:</h2>
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<p>Peter Ward is Professor of Biology, a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, and Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is Principal Investigator of the University of Washington node of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, which involves the leadership of over 25 scientists studying the probability of finding life beyond the Earth. He is also Senior Councilor of the Paleontological Society, and was awarded an Affiliate Professorship at the California Institute of Technology. </p>
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<h2>Past Shows:</h2>
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<h1><a title="Planetary Science / Vet Health Issues" href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2011/06/01">Planetary Science / Vet Health Issues</a></h1>Wednesday June 1, 2011 </p></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Under-Green-Sky-Warming-Extinctions/dp/006113791X">http://www.amazon.com/Under-Green-Sky-Warming-Extinctions/dp/006113791X</a></div>
<h1 class="parseasinTitle"><span id="btAsinTitle">Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future <span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: capitalize; FONT-SIZE: 16px">[Hardcover]</span></span></h1>
<div><span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Peter%20D.%20Ward"><font color="#004b91">Peter D. Ward</font></a></span></div>
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<div><span>Popular science writer and paleontologist Ward presents breaking news about the link between past mass extinctions and global warming. Disarmingly engaging, Ward combines tales of his own punishing fieldwork with a piquant history of the controversies that have dogged scientists seeking the cause of the "mother of all extinctions" in the Permian period. This provides the foundation for a stunning discovery: evidence of past greenhouse extinctions. As Ward carefully parses the data and its implications, he observes, "the key to climate change seems to be both the level and the rate at which carbon dioxide rises in the atmosphere," no matter its source. Ward also illuminates the symbiosis between ocean currents and climate change, then explains why, as the northern ice cap melts, it is likely that the Atlantic conveyor current system will be altered, thus accelerating climate change. Ward asserts that humankind has flourished during a remarkable period of climatic stability and notes how tragic it will be if our carbon habit brings this boon to a catastrophic end. An important addition to the necessary literature of global warming. <i>Donna Seaman</i><br>
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