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The best books on science and climate change 1 fixing climate by robert kunzig and wallace s broecker. Causes of climate change united states environmental. The books author is climate central, a nonprofit, nonpartisan science and journalism organization. The statement promotes the teaching of climate change as any other established field of science and calls on teachers to reject pressures to eliminate or deemphasize. In language that a nonscientist can follow easily, the book first explains the general principles of science, its nature and how it works, with a certain degree of emphasis on the meaning of the words uncertainty and fact, before it goes into the related topics of the earth, its climate and energy sources at a level that does not require a. Not everyone will experience climate change equally. Climate science glossary global warming and climate change. Two new books dramatically capture the climate change crisis. Atwoods speculative fictions are complex and layered enough to consider the global nexus of science, capitalism and politics, along. The poor and working class are already disproportionately affected by the problems of climate change. The best and most current climate change books greg.
Hope, resilience, and the fight for a sustainable future by mary robinson bloomsbury publishing from bloomsbury. Hansens tongueincheek tone make this book an enjoyable read for those who are already committed to learning about climate change. To tackle this problem and mobilize action, dont even think about it argues we need science, but just as importantly, we need emotional, compelling narratives. Burning worlds is amy bradys monthly column dedicated to examining trends in climate fiction, or clifi, in partnership with yale climate connections. Nov 25, 2015 it is time to update the list of recommended books on climate change and global warming. Romm looks at the actual personal impacts of climate change, in the near and longer. Apr 16, 2020 former vp and bigtime environmental supporter has been pushing congress to think about the effects of climate change long before it was mainstream. The research fellow in earth system science at the british national oceanography discusses climate change and promotes the use of geoengineering to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the earths climate systems, peter kalmus, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. Climate change is a wicked problem, marshall writes, a complicated challenge with no clear enemy and no silverbullet solution. The aim of this document is to provide a holistic yet complete and comprehensive view of climate change in a way that is understandable to a very broad audience and to clarify common misunderstanding about the topic. Vulnerable and marginalized communities are far more likely to live on the front line of climate change. I assume that with the holidays coming, you will want to give some people some science books, and climate. There are a number of historical and scientific theories that suggest there is a link. The book clearly acknowledges the broadly interdisciplinary nature of climate change science, with 22 chapters covering a wide range of topics in climate. I assume that with the holidays coming, you will want to give some people some science. The climate change debate has become like obesity, cancer, diabetes or opioid addiction, which is to say that the debate should not be if these maladies exist, but rather, what causes them.
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