The Resource What we know about climate change, Kerry Emanuel
What we know about climate change, Kerry Emanuel
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The item What we know about climate change, Kerry Emanuel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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- Summary
- "This book argues that in spite of extreme views in the media, reasonable scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (dramatically so since the 1970s), and that there is good reason for concern. Kerry Emanuel explains the basic science of global warming to non-experts and shows why it is very difficult to predict when it will have a dramatic effect on the climate. Nonetheless, change will come. Emanuel warns of more intense hurricanes, flooding, and the advancing of deserts, and he calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases. He also blasts the media for underreporting the dangers of global warming: in search of a "balanced" story, journalists have turned to extremists in the scientific community to find people who will deny the problem. In addition, he suggests some solutions for reducing the threat of global warming. The second edition is updated throughout and covers two main developments that have occurred since publication of the first edition. The first development is the next round of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate simulations, Assessment Report Five (AR5), which will provide an update on projections of climate change in the future. The second development is the so-called climategate incident and the subsequent collapse of U.S. popular and political support for dealing with climate change. This is mostly a political phenomenon, and Emanuel provides some insight into what happened and the consequences going forward"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xi, 96 pages
- Contents
-
- The myth of natural stability
- Greenhouse physics
- Why the climate problem is difficult
- Determining humanity's influence
- The consequences
- Communicating climate science
- Our options
- The politics surrounding global climate change
- Isbn
- 9780262018432
- Label
- What we know about climate change
- Title
- What we know about climate change
- Statement of responsibility
- Kerry Emanuel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book argues that in spite of extreme views in the media, reasonable scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (dramatically so since the 1970s), and that there is good reason for concern. Kerry Emanuel explains the basic science of global warming to non-experts and shows why it is very difficult to predict when it will have a dramatic effect on the climate. Nonetheless, change will come. Emanuel warns of more intense hurricanes, flooding, and the advancing of deserts, and he calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases. He also blasts the media for underreporting the dangers of global warming: in search of a "balanced" story, journalists have turned to extremists in the scientific community to find people who will deny the problem. In addition, he suggests some solutions for reducing the threat of global warming. The second edition is updated throughout and covers two main developments that have occurred since publication of the first edition. The first development is the next round of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate simulations, Assessment Report Five (AR5), which will provide an update on projections of climate change in the future. The second development is the so-called climategate incident and the subsequent collapse of U.S. popular and political support for dealing with climate change. This is mostly a political phenomenon, and Emanuel provides some insight into what happened and the consequences going forward"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- PSt/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Emanuel, Kerry A.
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QC903
- NAL item number
- .E43 2012
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Boston review books
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Climatic changes
- Climat
- climate change
- Climatic changes
- Climatic changes
- Global uppvärmning
- Växthuseffekten
- Label
- What we know about climate change, Kerry Emanuel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The myth of natural stability
- Greenhouse physics
- Why the climate problem is difficult
- Determining humanity's influence
- The consequences
- Communicating climate science
- Our options
- The politics surrounding global climate change
- Control code
- 801591395
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xi, 96 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262018432
- Lccn
- 2012031530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- System control number
- (OCoLC)801591395
- Label
- What we know about climate change, Kerry Emanuel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The myth of natural stability
- Greenhouse physics
- Why the climate problem is difficult
- Determining humanity's influence
- The consequences
- Communicating climate science
- Our options
- The politics surrounding global climate change
- Control code
- 801591395
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xi, 96 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262018432
- Lccn
- 2012031530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- System control number
- (OCoLC)801591395
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