Global Fever How to Treat Climate Change

Name: Global Fever How to Treat Climate Change
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ISBN: 9780226092041

ISBN-10: 0226092046

ISBN-13: 9780226092041

Edition: 2008

Authors: William H. Calvin

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Every decade since 1950 has seen more floods and more wildfires on every continent. Deserts are expanding, coral reefs are dying, fisheries are declining, hurricanes are strengthening. The debate about climate change is over: there's no question that global warming has made the Earth sick, and the outlook for the future calls for ever-warmer temperatures and deadlier results. Something must be done--but how quickly? With "Global Fever," William H. Calvin delivers both a clear-eyed diagnosis and a strongly worded prescription. In striking, straightforward language, he first clearly sets out the current state of the Earth's warming climate and the disastrous possibilities ahead should we…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.89" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

William H. Calvin is Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. His books include The Cerebral Code (MIT Press, 1996).




The Big Picture



We're Not in Kansas Anymore



Will This Overheated Frog Move?



"Pop!" Goes the Climate



Drought's Slippery Slope



Why Deserts Expand



From Creeps to Leaps



What Makes a Cycle Vicious?



That Pale Blue Sky



Slip Locally, Crash Globally



Come Hell and High Water



Methane Is the Double Threat



Sudden Shifts in Climate



A Sea of CO[subscript 2]



The Extended Forecast



Doing Things Differently



Cleaning Up Our Act



The Climate Optimist



Turning Around by 2020



Arming for a Great War



Get It Right on the First Try


Read Widely


List of Illustrations


Notes


Index