The Discovery of Global Warming

by Weart, Spencer R.

• ISBN13: 9780674031890
• ISBN10: 067403189X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-31
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

The award-winning book is now revised and expanded.In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion-by way of unexpected twists and turns-was the story Spencer Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. Now he brings his award-winning account up to date, revised throughout to reflect the latest science and with a new conclusion that shows how the scientific consensus caught fire among the general world public, and how a new understanding of the human meaning of climate change spurred individuals and governments to action.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
How Could Climate Change?	p. 1
Discovering a Possibility	p. 19
A Delicate System	p. 38
A Visible Threat	p. 63
Public Warnings	p. 86
The Erratic Beast	p. 114
Breaking into Politics	p. 138
Speaking Science to Power	p. 155
The Work Completed ... and Begun	p. 177
Reflections	p. 197
Milestones	p. 205
Notes	p. 213
Index	p. 225
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