Unsettled : what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
551.6/KOONIN,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Dallas, TX : BenBella Books. Inc., [2021]
©2021
©2021
DESCRIPTION
x, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781950665792, 1950665798 :, 1950665798, 9781950665792
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Draws upon the author's decades of experience - including as a top science adviser to the Obama administration - to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas
CONTENTS
Part I: the science. What we know about warming --
Humble human influences --
Emissions explained and extrapolated --
Hyping the heat --
Tempest terrors --
Precipitation perils - from floods to fires --
Sea level scares --
Apocalypses that ain't --
Who broke "the science" and why --
Fixing the broken science
Part II: the response. Chimera of carbon-free --
Could the US catch the chimera? --
Plans b