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Crichton included a statement of his views on global climate change as an afterword. In the "Author's message", Crichton states that the cause, extent, and threat of climate change are largely unknown. He finishes by endorsing the management of wilderness and the continuation of research into all aspects of the Earth's environment.
[118] In September 2005, Crichton testified on climate change before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Crichton testified about his doubts that human activities are significantly contributing to global warming, and encouraged U.S. lawmakers to more closely examine the methodology of climate science before voting on policy.
In contrast, Michael Crichton's 2004 novel State of Fear portrays eco-terrorists—in this case a group of environmentalists who seek to raise awareness about anthropogenic global warming by creating extreme weather events—in a negative light. [3] The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 precipitated an increase in eco-terrorism appearing in fiction.
Michael Crichton, who died in 2008, left behind a passion project. Credit - Douglas Kirkland—Corbis/Getty Images. W hen Michael Crichton and his wife Sherri first started dating, all they did ...
You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death. “Eruption” is the completion of a partial manuscript found by the ...
A feature film is in the works for Michael Crichton and James Patterson's bestselling thriller, Eruption.The book was released last week, and is already No. 1 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.
Michael Crichton's State of Fear (2004), a techno-thriller, was a bestseller upon its release but was criticised by scientists for portraying climate change as "a vast pseudo-scientific hoax" and rejecting the scientific consensus on climate change.
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote 29 novels and his books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. He wrote 29 novels and his books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films.