Bibliograph

Angry weather, heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change, Friederike Otto with Benjamin von Brackel ; translation by Sarah Pybus

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Angry weather, heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change, Friederike Otto with Benjamin von Brackel ; translation by Sarah Pybus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Angry weather

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1142532016

Responsibility statement

Friederike Otto with Benjamin von Brackel ; translation by Sarah Pybus

Sub title

heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change

Summary

"Massive fires, widespread floods, Category 4 hurricanes--shocking weather disasters dominate news headlines every year, but not everyone agrees on what causes them. Renowned University of Oxford researcher Friederike Otto provides an answer with attribution science, a revolutionary method for pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events. Anchoring her book with the gripping, day-by-day story of Hurricane Harvey, which caused over a hundred deaths and $125 billion in damage in 2017, Otto reveals how attribution science works in real time, and determines that Harvey's terrifying floods were three times more likely to occur due to human-induced climate change. This new ability to determine climate change's role in extreme weather events has the potential to dramatically transform society--for individuals, who can see how climate change affects their loved ones, and corporations and governments, who may see themselves held accountable in the courts. Otto's research laid out in this groundbreaking book will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The new weather -- 1. A new branch of research: the role of the climate in our weather. Cause and effect: how we created our weather ; Sowing the seeds of doubt: climate change deniers ; Revolution in climate science: turning the field on its head ; The human factor: calculating the influence of climate change on the weather ; Heat waves, downpours, and more: the role of climate change in the weather -- 2. Consequences: the power of attribution science. Ignore climate change and suffer its wrath ; Facts not fatalism: identifying the causes of disasters in order to act ; A question of justice: the cost of climate change and the responsibilities of industrialized countries ; Countries and corporations on trial ; Climate change in everyday life: seeing the weather from a new perspective -- Epilogue

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