Global Warming

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"Humankind has entered a brand new relationship with the Earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threaten our planet's ability to sustain life itself. Change—in the way we think, and in the way we live—is needed now. Andy Revkin masterfully presents the problem and powerfully calls each of us to action. Global Warming Is a significant contribution, indeed." —Senator Albert Gore, Jr.
"Andrew Revkin tells the story of global warming, the greatest environmental problem of our time, in concise and understandable language. The photos remind us poignantly of the beauty that we're laying waste. Together they may sumrnon us to action." —Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature

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Featured in this volume is "A Greenhouse Diet: 20 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Global Warming."
Royalties from the sale of Global Warming are paid to the American Museum of Natural History and to the Environmental Defense Fund.
This book was printed on recycled... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Humankind has entered a brand new relationship with the Earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threaten our planet's ability to sustain life itself. Change—in the way we think, and in the way we live—is needed now. Andy Revkin masterfully presents the problem and powerfully calls each of us to action. Global Warming Is a significant contribution, indeed." —Senator Albert Gore, Jr.
"Andrew Revkin tells the story of global warming, the greatest environmental problem of our time, in concise and understandable language. The photos remind us poignantly of the beauty that we're laying waste. Together they may sumrnon us to action." —Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature

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Featured in this volume is "A Greenhouse Diet: 20 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Global Warming."
Royalties from the sale of Global Warming are paid to the American Museum of Natural History and to the Environmental Defense Fund.
This book was printed on recycled paper.
ISBN 1-55859-313-6
9781558593138
GLOBAL WARMING
Can we change the climate? Could rising temperatures and strange weather patterns be the result of human activities? What can and should be done about it? These are some of the important issues explored in this stirring forecast about one ofthe most significant developments in human history: the start of an era when human beings are not just polluting a particular lake or cutting down a certain forest but changing the chemistry and possibly the dynamics of the entire atmosphere.
Complementing an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that will travel to leading natural history and science museums across the nation, this fascinating book provides an incisive chronicle of the history of the atmosphere and climate. It then explains how present rising levels of carbon dioxide and other so-called green^ house gases are trapping more heat in the air, gradually turning up the global thermostat.
Finally, two possible futures are described: There is the business-as-usual world, in which warnings are ignored and human activities continue to emit vast quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In this warmer world, droughts, heat waves, and shifting climate zones may endanger crops and wildlife; warming seas could expand and rise, flooding coastlines and low-lying islands. Alternatively, there is a world in which individuals and governments recognize that it is not worth playing "climate roulette" and instead make constructive changes that soften our impact on the atmosphere.
While the subject is daunting, the author, Andrew Revkin, who has won numerous national awards for his lively coverage of environmental issues, leaves the reader with a sense of empowerment by showing how our action can bring about positive change. This view is supplemented
BY ANDREW REVKIN Vissza