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Angry weather : heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change / Friederike Otto with Benjamin von Brackel ; translation by Sarah Pybus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Vancouver [British Columbia] ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2020Description: xv, 243 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781771646147
  • 1771646144
Uniform titles:
  • Wütendes wetter. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: The new weather -- 1. A new branch of research. Cause and effect: how we created our weather ; Sowing the seeds of doubt: climate change deniers ; Revolution in climate science: turning the field on its head ; The human factor: calculating the influence of climate change on the weather ; Heat waves, downpours, and more: the role of climate change in the weather -- 2. Consequences: the power of attribution science. Ignore climate change and suffer its wrath ; Facts not fatalism: identifying the causes of disasters in order to act ; A question of justice: the cost of climate change and the responsibilities of industrialized countries ; Countries and corporations on trial ; Climate change in everyday life: seeing the weather from a new perspective -- Epilogue.
Summary: "Massive fires, widespread floods, Category 4 hurricanes--shocking weather disasters dominate news headlines every year, but not everyone agrees on what causes them. Renowned University of Oxford researcher Friederike Otto provides an answer with attribution science, a revolutionary method for pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events. Anchoring her book with the gripping, day-by-day story of Hurricane Harvey, which caused over a hundred deaths and $125 billion in damage in 2017, Otto reveals how attribution science works in real time, and determines that Harvey's terrifying floods were three times more likely to occur due to human-induced climate change. This new ability to determine climate change's role in extreme weather events has the potential to dramatically transform society--for individuals, who can see how climate change affects their loved ones, and corporations and governments, who may see themselves held accountable in the courts. Otto's research laid out in this groundbreaking book will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind"--Dust jacket flap.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From leading climate scientist Dr. Friederike Otto, this gripping book reveals the revolutionary science that definitively links extreme weather events--including deadly heat waves, forest fires, floods, and hurricanes--to climate change.

"Meet the forensic scientists of climate change; if you like CSI, you'll be equally enthralled with the skill and speed these folks exhibit. But the stakes are infinitely higher!" --Bill McKibben, author of Falter and The End of Nature

Tied with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest cyclone on record, Hurricane Harvey caused catastrophic flooding and over a hundred deaths in 2017. Angry Weather tells the compelling, day-by-day story of the World Weather Attribution unit--a team of scientists that studies extreme weather events while they're happening--and their race to track the connection between the hurricane and climate change. As the hurricane unfolds, Otto reveals how attribution science works in real time, and determines that Harvey's terrifying floods were three times more likely to occur due to human-induced climate change.

At the forefront of cutting-edge climate science, Friederike Otto uncovers how the new ability to determine climate change's role in extreme weather events can dramatically transform how we view the climate crisis: from how it will affect those of us who are most vulnerable, to the corporations and governments that may find themselves held accountable in the courts. The research laid out in Angry Weather will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind.


Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.


"Originally published in Germany in 2019 as Wütendes wetter: Auf der Suche nach den Schuldigen für Hitzewellen, Hochwasser und Stürme"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index.

Prologue: The new weather -- 1. A new branch of research. Cause and effect: how we created our weather ; Sowing the seeds of doubt: climate change deniers ; Revolution in climate science: turning the field on its head ; The human factor: calculating the influence of climate change on the weather ; Heat waves, downpours, and more: the role of climate change in the weather -- 2. Consequences: the power of attribution science. Ignore climate change and suffer its wrath ; Facts not fatalism: identifying the causes of disasters in order to act ; A question of justice: the cost of climate change and the responsibilities of industrialized countries ; Countries and corporations on trial ; Climate change in everyday life: seeing the weather from a new perspective -- Epilogue.

"Massive fires, widespread floods, Category 4 hurricanes--shocking weather disasters dominate news headlines every year, but not everyone agrees on what causes them. Renowned University of Oxford researcher Friederike Otto provides an answer with attribution science, a revolutionary method for pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events. Anchoring her book with the gripping, day-by-day story of Hurricane Harvey, which caused over a hundred deaths and $125 billion in damage in 2017, Otto reveals how attribution science works in real time, and determines that Harvey's terrifying floods were three times more likely to occur due to human-induced climate change. This new ability to determine climate change's role in extreme weather events has the potential to dramatically transform society--for individuals, who can see how climate change affects their loved ones, and corporations and governments, who may see themselves held accountable in the courts. Otto's research laid out in this groundbreaking book will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind"--Dust jacket flap.

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