“Global warming lecture set” by Scott Cornell was published by The Poughkeepsie Journal this morning, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in anticipation of Fraser and Pilkey’s arrival at the Cary Institute. The article is quoted below:

Duke University professor Orrin H. Pilkey and environmental artist Mary Edna Fraser will discuss their book “Global Climate Change: A Primer” when the institute presents “Global Climate Change: What Every Citizen Needs to Know” at 7 p.m. Friday in their auditorium at 2801 Sharon Turnpike in Millbrook.

The discussion will not be the first time the institute hosts a lecture on the hot-button issue of global warming, communications program assistant Pamela Freeman said.

“Given the importance of global climate change, a number of our offerings have touched on the topic,” she said. “The Pilkey lecture will be provocative because he will tackle popular anti-warming arguments head-on, using the best peer-reviewed science available.”

The upcoming lecture is part of the Cary Institute’s monthly discussions on environmental topics that include global warming, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, urban ecology and the Hudson River, Freeman said. The institute also offers weekend education programs.

“If the vast majority of scientists believe that humans are directly contributing to climate change, then why do polls show that fewer Americans today see global warming as a serious threat than they did two years ago? This public opinion phenomenon is directly attributable to groups motivated to misinform the public. These groups are commonly funded by the Fossil Fuels industry and they are increasingly becoming worldwide in scope.”–Orrin H. & Keith C. Pilkey

View the full text here: http://www.berfrois.com/2012/01/the-editorial-climate-pilkey/

“Global Skepticism and Global Climate” was published January 10, 2012 by Berfrois literary magazine to promote the vital and timely content of Global Climate Change: A Primer, Duke University Press (2011).

Northwest Passage, batik on silk by Mary Edna Fraser, 38.5″ x 54.5″

Orrin Pilkey and Mary Edna Fraser will discuss the politics of climate science and the damage being caused by rising CO2—from ocean acidification to melting glaciers—at the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies. Join us on January 20th at the the Cary Institute’s auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44) in Millbrook, New York. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.