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Author:

Koonin, Steven E. author.

Title:

Unsettled : what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters / Steven E. Koonin.

Publisher:

BenBella Books. Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm

Subject:

Climatology.
Climatic changes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part II: the response. Plans b. Humble human influences -- Emissions explained and extrapolated -- Hyping the heat -- Tempest terrors -- Precipitation perils - from floods to fires -- Sea level scares -- Apocalypses that ain't -- Who broke "the science" and why -- Fixing the broken science Part II: the response. The chimera of carbon-free -- Could the US catch the chimera? -- Plans b.

Summary:

Draws upon the author's decades of experience - including as a top science adviser to the Obama administration - to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas.

ISBN:

1950665798
9781950665792

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1178899238

Locations:

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