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Darren Rumbold holds a Ph.D. from University of Miami and is an Emeritus Professor of Marine and Earth Science at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has taught about climate change in various courses over many years. He has authored or co-authored nonfiction books and over 75 scientific reports and papers dealing with various environmental problems published in peer-reviewed journals. He now strives to tell stories with compelling characters and plots, grounded in solid science, about the environmental challenges facing humanity. Darren splits his time between his house in Southwest Florida and cabin in the Northwoods of Maine.

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	Trek Through a Ravaged Land 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trek Across a Changed Land: Book One of the Phoenix Treks 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration: Volume I – The Evolution of the Everglades as a Perturbed Ecosystem and the Role of Atmospheric Mercury by Curtis D. Pollman (Editor), Darren G. Rumbold, Donald M. Axelrad it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration: Volume III – Temporal Trends of Mercury in the Everglades, Synthesis and Management Implications by Curtis D. Pollman (Editor), Darren Rumbold (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trek Through a Ravaged Land: Prequel to Book One of the Phoenix Treks 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration: Volume II – Aquatic Mercury Cycling and Bioaccumulation in the Everglades by Darren G Rumbold (Editor), Curtis D. Pollman (Editor), Donald M. Axelrad (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The point being is that scientists have been studying the effects of atmospheric CO2 for a very long time. We understand the process (i.e., burning fossil fuels increases atmospheric CO2) and the mechanism (i.e., asymmetrical stretching of CO2 molecules allows for absorption and emission of infrared radiation) to explain CO2’s greenhouse effect. With a bit […]

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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Darren Rumbold rated a book it was amazing The Kite and the Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World by Hilary Flower (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is excellent. The author brings you along on her journey of learning about nature; you can sense her excitement. It is a light and easy introduction to kite biology and a bit of history on the management of this endangered species. I had th ...more
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I am not sure why the author decided to tell the readers up front, in the acknowledgements, that he completed this book in two months. Perhaps it was his way of explaining why it wasn’t very good. The narration and dialog were okay, but the plot wasn ...more
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This was probably the first post-apocalyptic novel I read at an early age but I liked it a great deal. I believe it was after seeing a high school production of Alas, Babylon.
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I couldn't tell if he meant this book as a joke on Stephen King. Regardless, I didn't get past the first few chapters. ...more
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A very light and fun read.
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