what climate science tells us, what It doesn't, and why it Matters Koonin, Steven E. creator author. text txu 2021 monographic eng

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ix, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm. "This book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence."-- Part I: The science. What we know about warming -- Humble human influences -- Emissions explained and extrapolated -- Hyping the heat -- Tempest terrors -- Precipitation perils - from floods to fires -- Sea level scares -- Apocalypses that ain't -- Who broke "the science" and why -- Fixing the broken science. Part II: The response. The chimera of carbon-free -- Could the US catch the chimera? -- Plans B. Steven E. Koonin. Climatology Climatic changes 9781950665792 1950665798 Me 210427 20210608161619.0 1178899238 eng