Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes
Autor Chris C. Funken Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 mai 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781108839877
ISBN-10: 1108839878
Pagini: 332
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1108839878
Pagini: 332
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
1. Drought Flood Fire; 2. Welcome to an Awesome Planet: A Series of Delicate Balances Supports Earth's Fragile Flame; 3. The Earth is a Negentropic System or 'the Bright Side of Empty'; 4. Do it Yourself Climate Change Science; 5. 2015-2018 Temperature Extremes: Attribution and Impacts; 6. 2015-2018 Precipitation Extremes: Observations and Impacts; 7. Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons; 8. Conceptual Models of Climate Change and Prediction; 9. Climate Change made the 2015-16 El Nino More Extreme; 10. Bigger La Niñas and the East African Climate Paradox; 11. Fire and Drought in the Western US; 12. Fire and Australia's Black Summer; 13. Driving Towards +4°C on a Dixie Cup Planet; 14. We Can Afford to Wear a White Hat; Index.
Recenzii
'Chris Funk's Drought, Flood, Fire uses a compelling mix of storytelling and fact-finding to communicate the very real impacts we are now feeling from climate change-fueled weather extremes. Read this book to understand the problem and learn how we can solve it.' Michael Mann, author of The New Climate War and The Madhouse Effect
'What a nifty book! We have a beautiful planet - and we're not taking care of it. This book shows in compelling detail how we've begun to shake our home apart, and it reminds us of the very human consequences. Climate change is not going to happen someday. It's happening today!' Bill McKibben, author of Falter and The End of Nature
'Drawing on his own research in a narrative that's both engaging and sobering, Chris Funk shows us the havoc that human-caused climate change is wreaking on the disparate landscapes and peoples of Africa and the United States - and how we can avert still-worse calamities that otherwise lie ahead.' Robert Henson, author of The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change
'Drought, Flood, Fire provides a clarion call for social change, yet also conveys the beauty and wonder of our planet, and hope for our collective future.' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review
'… effectively interweaves deeply personal stories with pertinent data, graphs, tables, and illustrations from around the world … Readers learn how hurricanes and other storms can be magnified by climate change … Funk's assertions and data presentations are backed up by requisite notes and references. Highly recommended.' M. Dickinson, Choice Connect
'In essence a how-to manual: a guide, that is, not just to how climate change is exacerbating climate extremes but, perhaps even more vitally, why climate change is, right now, happening so rapidly. Though thoroughly sourced in the scientific literature, with seemingly every factual assertion foot-noted, this is a book aimed at educating those non-specialists amongst us who still need educating to the real-world effects of climate change … This is truly a book by a scientist who understands how to meaningfully inform his non-scientist readers.' G. T. Dempsey, Geography Realm
'Drought, Flood, Fire is not only a beautifully structured book, but also an impassioned, moving, and eloquent statement about the urgency mankind faces to come to grips with an impending planetary crisis. The author has successfully managed the challenge of writing a book that is easy to follow by anyone with a high-school education … The tendency in many books and papers of this genre is to include a variety of equations and numerical data. Instead, the author here has chosen to deliver his message with clear easy-to-grasp graphics … Anybody wishing to gain a clear understanding of the global warming problem and its serious implications would do well to read this outstanding introduction to a subject that in recent times has caused so much controversy.' Sven Treitel, The Leading Edge
'What a nifty book! We have a beautiful planet - and we're not taking care of it. This book shows in compelling detail how we've begun to shake our home apart, and it reminds us of the very human consequences. Climate change is not going to happen someday. It's happening today!' Bill McKibben, author of Falter and The End of Nature
'Drawing on his own research in a narrative that's both engaging and sobering, Chris Funk shows us the havoc that human-caused climate change is wreaking on the disparate landscapes and peoples of Africa and the United States - and how we can avert still-worse calamities that otherwise lie ahead.' Robert Henson, author of The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change
'Drought, Flood, Fire provides a clarion call for social change, yet also conveys the beauty and wonder of our planet, and hope for our collective future.' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review
'… effectively interweaves deeply personal stories with pertinent data, graphs, tables, and illustrations from around the world … Readers learn how hurricanes and other storms can be magnified by climate change … Funk's assertions and data presentations are backed up by requisite notes and references. Highly recommended.' M. Dickinson, Choice Connect
'In essence a how-to manual: a guide, that is, not just to how climate change is exacerbating climate extremes but, perhaps even more vitally, why climate change is, right now, happening so rapidly. Though thoroughly sourced in the scientific literature, with seemingly every factual assertion foot-noted, this is a book aimed at educating those non-specialists amongst us who still need educating to the real-world effects of climate change … This is truly a book by a scientist who understands how to meaningfully inform his non-scientist readers.' G. T. Dempsey, Geography Realm
'Drought, Flood, Fire is not only a beautifully structured book, but also an impassioned, moving, and eloquent statement about the urgency mankind faces to come to grips with an impending planetary crisis. The author has successfully managed the challenge of writing a book that is easy to follow by anyone with a high-school education … The tendency in many books and papers of this genre is to include a variety of equations and numerical data. Instead, the author here has chosen to deliver his message with clear easy-to-grasp graphics … Anybody wishing to gain a clear understanding of the global warming problem and its serious implications would do well to read this outstanding introduction to a subject that in recent times has caused so much controversy.' Sven Treitel, The Leading Edge
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Descriere
The latest science and compelling stories describing the impacts of droughts, floods, and fires in the context of climate change.