LEADER 03339oam 2200517I 450 001 9910795544703321 005 20190503073443.0 010 $a0-262-34987-6 035 $a(CKB)5120000000097873 035 $a(OCoLC)1057672137 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71600 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5558341 035 $a(OCoLC)1057343476 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1057343476 035 $a(MaCbMITP)11722 035 $a(PPN)233399232 035 $a(EXLCZ)995120000000097873 100 $a20181018d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhat we know about climate change /$fKerry Emanuel ; with a new foreword by Bob Inglis 205 $aUpdated edition [2018 edition]. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-262-53591-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- The myth of natural stability -- Greenhouse physics -- Why the climate problem is difficult -- Determining humanity's influence -- The consequences -- Communicating climate science -- Our options -- The politics surrounding global climate change. 330 $aAn updated edition of a guide to the basic science of climate change, and a call to action.The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--most dramatically since the 1970s. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus. In this updated edition of his authoritative book, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged. Although it is impossible to predict exactly when the most dramatic effects of global warming will be felt, he argues, we can be confident that we face real dangers. Emanuel warns that global warming will contribute to an increase in the intensity and power of hurricanes and flooding and more rapidly advancing deserts. But just as our actions have created the looming crisis, so too might they avert it. Emanuel calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases and criticizes the media for downplaying the dangers of global warming (and, in search of "balance," quoting extremists who deny its existence). This edition has been updated to include the latest climate data, a discussion of the earth's carbon cycle, the warming hiatus of the first decade of this century, the 2017 hurricanes, advanced energy options, the withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, and more. It offers a new foreword by former U.S. Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC), who now works on climate action through his organization RepublicEN. 606 $aGlobal warming 606 $aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric 610 $aENVIRONMENT/General 615 0$aGlobal warming. 615 0$aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric. 676 $a363.738/74 700 $aEmanuel$b Kerry A.$f1955-$0754155 702 $aInglis$b Bob$f1959- 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795544703321 996 $aWhat we know about climate change$93730838 997 $aUNINA