The Science in the Capital series encompasses three novels:

Forty Signs of Rain (2004)
Fifty Degrees Below (2005)
Sixty Days and Counting (2007).

This series explores the consequences of global warming, both on a global
level and as it affects the main characters.several employees of the National
Science Foundation and those close to them. A recurring theme of Robinson's
is that of Buddhist philosophy, which is represented in the series by the
agency of ambassadors from Khembalung, a fictional Buddhist micro-state
located on an offshore island in the Ganges delta. Their state is threatened
by rising sea levels, and the reaction of the Khembalis is compared to that
of the Washingtonians.

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