Runaway Planet : How Global Warming Is Already Changing the Earth

• Autore: The Washington Post The Washington
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Diversion Publishing Corp., , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (33 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.738
• Soggetto topico: Insects as carriers of disease; Mosquitoes as carriers of disease
• Nota di contenuto: Runaway Planet: How Global Warming is Already Changing the Earth -- Copyright -- Introduction -- The great thaw: As temperatures rise, many American glaciers could vanish in a few decades -- ‘It’s functionally gone’ -- ‘Water is the lifeblood’ -- The invisible threat: Rising temperatures mean insects can carry viruses such as West Nile to wider areas -- Bug collecting -- Ticks and the ‘kissing bug’ -- That’s heavy: Climate-change warnings include rising seas and wild weather shifts. But giant flying boulders? -- Eleuthera in the Eemian -- The ‘rages’ -- The magic number: Holding warming under two degrees Celsius is the goal. But is it still attainable? -- The ‘carbon budget’ -- The permafrost problem -- Tech assumptions -- More from The Washington Post… -- Connect with Diversion Books
• Sommario/riassunto: Saving the world won't happen on the silver screen. In our fragile ecosystem, climate change is swiftly becoming the defining issue of how to prepare-and protect-the earth for the future. The climate change debate raged on in America in 2015, but the facts and the science now show irrefutably that our world is rapidly changing, and that irreparable damage has already begun. From rising sea levels to the spread of disease-carrying insects, from disappearing glaciers to the hottest temperatures ever recorded, climate change as a direct result of human beings' actions affects everyone, and for many it is a matter of life or death. But progress is being made-with an historic United Nations meeting in Paris, with pledges by over one hundred countries to reduce emissions, with simple awareness. While many changes cannot be undone, great strides can still be made to stabilize regions most likely to be affected by climate change over the course of future generations. The Washington Post tackles this issue in vivid detail, profiling those who are at the forefront of the climate change debate-and those who are in the field, promoting the causes and doing the science that both warns and advocates for a safer tomorrow, for the earth and all its inhabitants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Runaway Planet
• ISBN: 9781682302798; 1682302792
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149759203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II