The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change, 2 ed.
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The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change, 2 ed.
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This new edition of The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change has been thoroughly updated to cover global record highs, new research across the spectrum, and the Paris Agreement to cut greenhouse gases. It remains a well-known and much-used reference for providing the most comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of where climate science stands today, acknowledging controversies but standing strong in its stance that the climate is changing—and we must respond.
Contents Foreword by Paul Higgins Introduction Part 1: The Basics Global warming in a nutshell 1 Climate Change: A Primer 2 The Greenhouse Effect 3 Who’s Responsible? Part 2: The Symptoms What’s happening now, and what might happen in the future 4 Extreme Heat 5 Floods and Droughts 6 The Big Melt 7 Oceans 8 Hurricanes and Other Storms 9 Ecosystems and Agriculture Part 3: The Science How we know what we know about climate change 10 Keeping Track 11 The Long View 12 Circuits of Change Part 4: Debates and Solutions From spats and spin to protecting the planet 13 A Heated Topic 14 The Predicament 15 Political Solutions 16 Technological Solutions Part 5: What Can You Do? Reducing your footprint and working for action 17 Getting Started 18 Home Energy 19 Transport and Travel 20 Shopping 21 Offsetting
Robert Henson
Bob Henson is a weather and climate blogger at Weather Underground and a former science writer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. His other books include Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology, also published by the American Meteorological Society.
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| jack.fishman@slu.edu |
I have been teaching a course on climate change for four years and have tried four different textbooks during this time. Henson's 2nd edition is by far the best that I have seen. I liked the original version of "The Thinking Person's Guide," but so much had happened since the first edition appeared in 2014, I had found it somewhat outdated. The 2nd edition doesn't have that problem and I am now modifying my lectures to see how I can better incorporate the figures from this version into them. I highly recommend for any person interested in knowing the issues and facts surrounding most important global topic. |
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