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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It takes pains to disentangle the main different effects that drive climate, including anthropogenic and otherwise, the different time scales at which they operate, and at which scales it is hard to tell apart noise from signal ( ( ) This is a short, cutesy book that lays out the facts of climate change as of 2007. I don't really like the bottom line that the only way we can fix the system is through political (and of course, scientific) channels. There is no further analysis into why the political system is too flawed to fix the problems of climate change, and to be honest I didn't expect it from such a small book. But I really hate it when books like this tell people that they can help save the world by driving 30 miles less per month, buying new CF bulbs, or buying a Prius and throwing away their old clunker. Clearly, if things were that easy, this planet should have no problems with global warming. It's now available as an ebook on the MIT press portal http://mitpress-ebooks.mit.edu/product/what-we-know-about-climate-change no reviews | add a review
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An updated edition of a guide to the basic science of climate change, and a call to action.The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--most dramatically since the 1970s. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus. In this updated edition of his authoritative book, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged. Although it is impossible to predict exactly when the most dramatic effects of global warming will be felt, he argues, we can be confident that we face real dangers. Emanuel warns that global warming will contribute to an increase in the intensity and power of hurricanes and flooding and more rapidly advancing deserts. But just as our actions have created the looming crisis, so too might they avert it. Emanuel calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases and criticizes the media for downplaying the dangers of global warming (and, in search of "balance," quoting extremists who deny its existence). This edition has been updated to include the latest climate data, a discussion of the earth's carbon cycle, the warming hiatus of the first decade of this century, the 2017 hurricanes, advanced energy options, the withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, and more. It offers a new foreword by former U.S. Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC), who now works on climate action through his organization RepublicEN. No library descriptions found. |
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