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"The Rough Guide to Climate Change" gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3rd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options - global and personal - for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present and future. This updated edition includes scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as background on recent controversies and an updated politics section that reflects post-Copenhagen developments. You can discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. "The Rough Guide to Climate Change" unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes information on what you can do to help.
Contents v......Page 7
Foreword by James Lovelock vii......Page 9
Introduction ix......Page 11
Part 1. The Basics: Global warming in a nutshell
......Page 13
Climate change: a primer 3......Page 15
The greenhouse effect 23......Page 35
Whoβs responsible? 36......Page 48
Part 2. The Symptoms: What's happening now, and what might happen in the future
......Page 61
Extreme heat 51......Page 63
Floods and droughts 65......Page 77
The big melt 82......Page 94
Oceans 116......Page 128
Hurricanes and other storms 141......Page 153
Ecosystems and agriculture 162......Page 174
Part 3. The Science: How we know what we know about climate change
......Page 199
Keeping track 189......Page 201
The long view 212......Page 224
Circuits of change 249......Page 261
Part 4. The Debates & Solutions: From spats and spin to saving the planet
......Page 279
A heated debate 269......Page 281
The predicament 298......Page 310
Political solutions 306......Page 318
Technological solutions 332......Page 344
Part 5. What Can You Do? Reducing your footprint & lobbying for action
......Page 375
Getting started 365......Page 377
Home energy 368......Page 380
Transport and travel 376......Page 388
Shopping 380......Page 392
Offsetting 384......Page 396
Books 391......Page 403
Websites 398......Page 410
Index 401......Page 413
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