Earth under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World

✍ Scribed by Gary Braasch; William McKibben

Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 297
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

More than a warning, Earth under Fire is the most complete illustrated guide to the effects of climate change now available. It offers an upbeat and intelligent account of how we can lessen the effects of our near-total dependence on fossil fuels using technologies and energy sources already available. A thorough revision and a new preface for the paperback edition bring the compelling facts about climate change up to date.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE 2009 EDITION
INTRODUCTION
1. FIRE ON THE ICE
CERTAINTY AND UNCERTAINTY IN CLIMATE CHANGE
DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PERU
2. POLAR THAW
AN EVER-WARMING ARCTIC?
3. BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES OF LIFE
DETECTING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CHALLENGES TO BIODIVERSITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
4. TOMORROW’S CLIMATE TODAY
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER
DISEASE RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
CHANGING CLIMATE, CHANGING OCEAN
5. CHOOSING A SAFER , CLEANER , AND COOLER WORLD
Epilogue. Mission: Possible
AFTERWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
NOTES
REFERENCES
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX

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