Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas And The Weather Of The Future
by Climate Central /
2012 / English / PDF
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Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent,
nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and
reviewed by scientists at major educational and research
institutions the world over,
Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent,
nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and
reviewed by scientists at major educational and research
institutions the world over,Global Weirdness
Global Weirdness summarizes,
in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the
science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to
the climate in the future; and lays out in practical terms what
we can and cannot do to avoid further shifts.
summarizes,
in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the
science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to
the climate in the future; and lays out in practical terms what
we can and cannot do to avoid further shifts.
Sixty easy-to-read entries tackle such questions as: Is climate
ever “normal”? Why and how do fossil-fuel burning and other human
practices produce greenhouse gases? What natural forces have
caused climate change in the past? What risks does climate change
pose for human health? What accounts for the diminishment of
mountain glaciers and small ice caps around the world since 1850?
What are the economic costs and benefits of reducing carbon
emissions?
Sixty easy-to-read entries tackle such questions as: Is climate
ever “normal”? Why and how do fossil-fuel burning and other human
practices produce greenhouse gases? What natural forces have
caused climate change in the past? What risks does climate change
pose for human health? What accounts for the diminishment of
mountain glaciers and small ice caps around the world since 1850?
What are the economic costs and benefits of reducing carbon
emissions?Global Weirdness
Global Weirdness enlarges our understanding of how climate
change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the
incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about
the future of the planet and of humankind.
enlarges our understanding of how climate
change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the
incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about
the future of the planet and of humankind.
