Climate change : picturing the science / Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe.

By:

Schmidt, Gavin

Contributor(s):

Wolfe, Joshua, 1983-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 305 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

0393331253 (pbk.)
9780393331257 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Contents:

Taking the temperature of the planet / Peter deMenocal. Photo essay : climate change in the United States / Gary Braasch -- Changes in the North / Stephanie Pfirman. Essay : reporting on climate change / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Sea changes / Anastasia Romanou. Essay : letter from Palmyra / Kim Cobb -- Going to extremes / Adam Sobel -- The life of the party / Shahid Naeem -- Climate drivers / Tim Hall. Essay : the scientific consensus on climate change / Naomi Oreskes -- Studying climate / Gavin Schmidt and Peter deMenocal. Photo essay : scientists studying climate change / Peter Essick -- The prognosis for the climate / Gavin Schmidt -- Getting our technological fix / Frank Zeman. Photo essay : adaptation : fighting Mother Earth / Joshua Wolfe -- Preventative planet care / David Leonard Downie, Lyndon Valicenti, and Gavin Schmidt. Essay : the climate on the Hill / Johannes Loschnigg.

Summary: Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA, and photographer Wolfe seek to advance public education about human-induced climate change in a combination of arresting images and lucid explanations of the science of global warming and the pursuit of global cooperation in adopting new, sustainable ways of living. With contributions by 16 scientists, engineers, writers, activists, and photographers, Schmidt and Wolfe address a host of observable changes, from the melting of ice and permafrost at the poles to the rising of sea levels in cities such as Venice and Miami...-- Excerpt, Booklist.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Main Library	NonFiction	551.6 S351		Available		33111005654427

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An unprecedented union of scientific analysis and stunning photography illustrating the effects of climate change on the global ecosystem.

Going beyond the headlines, this work by leading NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and master photographer Joshua Wolfe illustrates as never before the ramifications of shifting climate. Photographic spreads show retreating glaciers, sinking villages in Alaska's tundra, and drying lakes. The text follows adventurous scientists through the ice caps at the poles to the coral reefs of the tropical seas. Marshaling data spanning centuries and continents, the book sparkles with cutting-edge research and visual records, including contributions from experts on atmospheric science, oceanography, paleoclimatology, technology, politics, and the polar regions. As Jeffrey D. Sachs writes in his powerful foreword, " Climate Change is a tour de force of public education."

160 color illustrations

Includes index.

Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA, and photographer Wolfe seek to advance public education about human-induced climate change in a combination of arresting images and lucid explanations of the science of global warming and the pursuit of global cooperation in adopting new, sustainable ways of living. With contributions by 16 scientists, engineers, writers, activists, and photographers, Schmidt and Wolfe address a host of observable changes, from the melting of ice and permafrost at the poles to the rising of sea levels in cities such as Venice and Miami...-- Excerpt, Booklist.

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