Rough Guide to Climate Change

Name: Rough Guide to Climate Change
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ISBN: 9781848365797

ISBN-10: 1848365799

ISBN-13: 9781848365797

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Robert Henson, Rough Guides Staff

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The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3rd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options—global and personal—for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present and future. This updated edition includes scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as background on recent controversies and an…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Robert Henson is a meteorologist and senior science writer at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the organization which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research. An expert on tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes, he has also analyzed how TV weathercasters cover major storms and report on climate change. Henson is the author of four books on meteorology, including The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change (previously The Rough Guide to Climate Change), which was shortlisted for the UK Royal Society Prize for Science Books.