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9780262042413

Climate Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9780262042413

  • ISBN10:

    026204241X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-09-30
  • Publisher: Mit Pr
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Summary

Most of us are familiar with the terms climate changeand global warming,but not too many of us understand the science behind them. We don't really understand how climate change will affect us, and for that reason we might not consider it as pressing a concern as, say, housing prices or the quality of local education. This book explains the scientific knowledge about global climate change clearly and concisely in engaging, nontechnical language, describes how it will affect all of us, and suggests how government, business, and citizens can take action against it. If people don't quite understand the seriousness of climate change, it is partly because politicians and the media have misrepresented the scientific community's strong consensus on it--politicians by selectively parsing the words of mainstream scientists, and the media by presenting "balanced" accounts that give the views of a small number of contrarians equal weight with empirically supported scientific findings. The science is complex, couched in the technical language of sinks, forcing, and albedo, and invokes probabilities, risks, ranges, and uncertainties. Policy discussions use such unfamiliar terms as no regrets policy, clean development mechanism, and greenhouse-gas intensity. Climate Changeexplains the nuts and bolts of climate and the greenhouse effect and describes their interaction. It discusses the nature of consensus in science, and the consensus on climate change in particular. It describes both public- and private-sector responses, considers how to improve the way scientific findings are communicated, and evaluates the real risks both to vulnerable developing countries and to particular areas of the United States. We can better tackle climate change, this book shows us, if we understand it. We can use this knowledge to guide our own behavior and pressure governments and businesses to take action. Contributors: John Abatzoglou, Joseph F. C. DiMento, Pamela Doughman, Richard A. Matthew, Stefano Nespor, Naomi Oreskes, and Andrew C. Revkin

Table of Contents

Series Forewordp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introduction: Making Climate Change Understandablep. 1
A Primer on Global Climate Change and Its Likely Impactsp. 11
Climate-Change Effects: Global and Local Viewsp. 45
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?p. 65
Climate Change: How the World Is Respondingp. 101
Climate Change as News: Challenges in Communicating Environmental Sciencep. 139
Climate Change and Human Securityp. 161
Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildrenp. 181
Glossaryp. 197
List of Contributorsp. 207
Indexp. 209
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