Киотский протокол: текст на http://unfccc.int/kyoto-protocol/items/2830.php. Данные по выбросам с 1990 года: http://unfccc.int/files/inc/graphics/image/gif/total_excluding_2008.gif; http://co2now.org/. Оценки затрат: Juliette Jowit and Patrick Wintour. «Cost of Tackling Global Climate Change Has Doubled, Warns Stern», The Guardian, June 26, 2008 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/26/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange). Некоторые экономисты (например, Nordhaus, 2007) настроены критически, но автор одного австралийского отчета (Garnaut, 2008) пришел к выводам, близким к выводам Стерна.
Негосударственные организации: Т. Friedman, 1999, van Creveld, 1999.
Вопросы энергетики: Smil, 2006.
Парадокс Ферми: Е. Jones, 1985, Webb, 2002.
Поиски инопланетян: Impey, 2007, Р. Davies, 2010.
Миллион цивилизаций: Shklovskii and Sagan, 1968, p. 448. «Уравнение Дрeйка»: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation.
Высокотехнологичное оружие: Adams, 2008, Singer, 2009.
Вымирания: Thomas et al., 2004. Шестое великое вымирание.
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