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Climate change : What Everyone Needs to Know / Joseph Romm.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: What everyone needs to knowPublisher: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxv, 318 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190866129
  • 0190866128
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: Romm, Joseph J.: Climate change.DDC classification:
  • 363.738/742 23
LOC classification:
  • RA793 .R66 2018eb
NLM classification:
  • WB 700
Other classification:
  • MED078000
Online resources:
Contents:
Climate science basics -- Extreme weather and climate change -- Projected climate impacts -- Avoiding worst impacts -- Climate politics and policies -- The role of clean energy -- Climate change and you.
Summary: "The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know� is a clear-eyed overview of the science, conflicts, and implications of our warming planet. From Joseph Romm, Chief Science Advisor for National Geographic's Years of Living Dangerously series and one of Rolling Stone's "100 people who are changing America," Climate Change offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding what climatologist Lonnie Thompson has deemed "a clear and present danger to civilization." New questions about climate change addressed in this guide include:� Analysis of the Paris climate agreement, including the United States' withdrawal - Examines implications of the clean energy revolution, from solar and wind power to batteries and electric cars - The latest on climate science, including updates on efforts to stem or slow climate change - Insights into what Donald Trump's presidency means for climate action in the US and internationally. As the global response to climate change continues to evolve, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know� offers smart, unbiased answers to the most difficult questions in an area dogged by misunderstanding and politicization."--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed September 4, 2018).

"The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know� is a clear-eyed overview of the science, conflicts, and implications of our warming planet. From Joseph Romm, Chief Science Advisor for National Geographic's Years of Living Dangerously series and one of Rolling Stone's "100 people who are changing America," Climate Change offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding what climatologist Lonnie Thompson has deemed "a clear and present danger to civilization." New questions about climate change addressed in this guide include:� Analysis of the Paris climate agreement, including the United States' withdrawal - Examines implications of the clean energy revolution, from solar and wind power to batteries and electric cars - The latest on climate science, including updates on efforts to stem or slow climate change - Insights into what Donald Trump's presidency means for climate action in the US and internationally. As the global response to climate change continues to evolve, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know� offers smart, unbiased answers to the most difficult questions in an area dogged by misunderstanding and politicization."--Provided by publisher

Climate science basics -- Extreme weather and climate change -- Projected climate impacts -- Avoiding worst impacts -- Climate politics and policies -- The role of clean energy -- Climate change and you.

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