51.   In official Washington, global warming was a utilitarian problem, a secret instrumental knowledge needed to combat Soviet military threats.

52.   Indeed, global warming is a classic example of the persistent mismatch between the language of science and the needs of policy.

53.   Indonesia appears to be fracturing, and scientists fear that global warming is under way.

54.   Is global warming for real, after all?

55.   Kawamoto has infuriated Detroit executives by contending that global warming is a serious problem that the auto industry should address.

56.   Many of his natural supporters are convinced either that global warming is scientific rubbish, or that any effort to mitigate it would prove an economic nightmare.

57.   More recently, Kawamoto has infuriated Detroit auto executives by outspokenly contending that global warming is a serious problem that the auto industry should address.

58.   Most climate experts are certain that global warming is real and that it threatens ecology and human prosperity, and a growing number say it is well under way.

59.   Of course, not everyone accepts that global warming is a true threat.

60.   Other experts maintain that the medieval warming was not global but instead affected only some parts of the world.