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Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Pantheon
August 2012
On Sale: July 24, 2012
214 pages ISBN: 0307907309 EAN: 9780307907301 Kindle: B004J4WLLO Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent,
nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in
2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and
research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness
summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we
know about the science of climate change; explains what is
likely to happen to the climate in the future; and lays out
in practical terms what we can and cannot do to avoid
further shifts.
Sixty easy-to-read entries tackle such questions as: Is
climate ever “normal”? Why and how do fossil-fuel burning
and other human practices produce greenhouse gases? What
natural forces have caused climate change in the past? What
risks does climate change pose for human health? What
accounts for the diminishment of mountain glaciers and small
ice caps around the world since 1850? What are the economic
costs and benefits of reducing carbon emissions?
Global Weirdness enlarges our understanding of how climate
change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the
incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions
about the future of the planet and of humankind.
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