The four articles on climate change are included to alert you to the complexity of this issue, and to sample a variety of sources that address the issue. The Atlantic Monthly is written largely for a college educated audience that has wide ranging interests over the arts, sciences and humanities. Its coverage of scientific topics is not technical, but usually based on solid scientific evidence. The Scientific American is written largely by scientists for a lay audience. Its presentations are not technical but are based directly on good research.
Science is one of the most prestigious general scientific publications in the world.
Its technical articles are carefully peer reviewed before publication and its news reports and commentaries are done by people with good scientific training. 30 October 1970, pp.508-512. Environmental Ethics, Summer 1990, pp. Availible on Electronic Reserves Murray Bookchin, The Modern Crisis, pp. Availible on Electronic Reserves - available under 5441 Pearce and Warford, pp.