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The thinking person's guide to climate change / Robert Henson.

Henson, Robert, 1960- (Author). American Meteorological Society. (Added Author).

Summary:

Provides factual information about climate change, including what is happening to the environment now and what may happen in the future, how scientists study climate change, and what ordinary people can do about climate change.

Record details

ISBN: 9781935704737
ISBN: 1935704737
Physical Description: xvii, 497 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : American Meteorological Society, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

"This book is derived from material originally published as The rough guide to climate change."--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. The basics : global warming in a nutshell. Climate change : a primer -- The greenhouse effect -- Who's responsible? -- Part 2. The symptoms : what's happening now, and what might happen in the future. Extreme heat -- Floods and droughts -- The big melt -- Oceans -- Hurricanes and other storms -- Ecosystems and agriculture -- Part 3. The science : how we know what we know about climate change. Keeping track -- The long view -- Circuits of change -- Part 4. Debates and solutions : from spats and spin to protecting the planet. A heated debate -- The predicament -- Political solutions -- Technological solutions -- Part 5. What can you do? : reducing your footprint and working for action. Getting started -- Home energy -- Transport and travel -- Shopping -- Offsetting.