Climate Change Picturing the Science

Name: Climate Change Picturing the Science
Price: 5.7 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780393331257

ISBN-10: 0393331253

ISBN-13: 9780393331257

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gavin Schmidt, Joshua Wolfe, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Schmidt

List price: $24.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $25.23

Marketplace

4 new & used from $5.70

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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 Alaskaâ€™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…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.83" wide x 1.00" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 2.420
Language: English

Gavin Schmidt is a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies as well as a cofounder of RealClimate.org.