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The thinking person's guide to climate change / Robert Henson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henson, Robert, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Popular works.
- Climatic changes.
- Global warming--Popular works.
- Global warming.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 550 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : American Meteorological Society, 2019.
- Contents:
- The basics: global warming in a nutshell. Climate change: a primer ; The greenhouse effect ; Who's responsible?
- 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
- The science: how we know what we know about climate change. Keeping track ; The long view ; Circuits of change
- Debates and solutions: from spats and spin to protecting the planet. A heated topic ; The predicament ; Political solutions ; Technological solutions
- What can you do?: reducing your footprint and working for action. Getting started ; Home energy ; Transport and travel ; Shopping ; Offsetting.
- Notes:
- "First edition was published in 2014" -- title page verso.
- "This book is derived from material originally published as The Rough Guide to Climate Change" -- title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Henson, Robert, 1960- author. Thinking person's guide to climate change
- ISBN:
- 9781944970390
- 1944970398
- OCLC:
- 1050143279
- Publisher Number:
- 99979983117
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