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  • Global Warming

    by Brian C. Black, Gary J. Weisel ...
    Series series Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
    Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.Global Warming takes one of the hot-button issues of our time and surveys it in historical context, creating an intellectual portrait of the multi-century shifts ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Climate Change

    An Encyclopedia of Science and History [4 volumes]

    Edited by Brian C. Black, David M. Hassenzahl Ph.D., Jennie C. Stephens, Nancy Gift, Gary J. Weisel ...
    This book provides a holistic consideration of climate change that goes beyond pure science, fleshing out the discussion by considering cultural, historical, and policy-driven aspects of this important issue.Climate change is a controversial topic that promises to reframe rudimentary ideas about our world and how we will live in it. The articles in Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and ... Read more

    $329.09 USD

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    The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet

    by Ramez Naam ...
    Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world’s billions. We’re beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Global Warming Reader

    A Century of Writing About Climate Change

    by Bill McKibben ...
    Van Jones, Al Gore, Elizabeth Kolbert, Naomi Klein, and other essential voices on global warming, from its 19th-century discovery to the present, in a volume edited by Bill McKibben, our most widely respected environmental writerWith the rise of extreme weather events worldwide--witness the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Sandy, Irene, and Katrina, and the sustained drought across the American ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Just Cool It!

    The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do - A Post-Paris Agreement Game Plan

    by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington ...
    Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there hope for humanity? The problem itself is complex, and there’s no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions-from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Way Out

    Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

    by Marq De Villiers ...
    Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas for change. Our Way Out is the first time that our most urgent global challenges have been treated as aspects of a single, larger crisis — and the first ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Burning Question

    We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal, and Gas. So How Do We Quit?

    by Mike Berners-Lee, Duncan Clark ...
    The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most fascinating scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. One reason is that saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Another reason is that clean energy ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unprecedented Crime

    Climate Change Denial and Game Changers for Survival

    by Dr. Peter D. Carter, Elizabeth Woodworth ...
    In 2017, the heat waves, extreme wild fires, and flooding around the world confirmed beyond doubt that climate disruption is now a full-blown emergency. We have entered Churchill’s “period of consequences”, yet governments have simply watched the disasters magnify, while rushing ahead with new pipelines and annual trillions in fossil fuel subsidies. Governments simply cannot say they did not know. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Confronting Climate Gridlock

    How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future

    by Daniel S Cohan ...
    An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy“Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of climate change is solvable. Fixing the gridlock on global action requires fixing the gridlock here in the United States of America. Cohan shows how that can be done.”—David Victor, UC San ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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  • Climate of Uncertainty

    A Balanced Look At Global Warming and Renewable Energy

    by William Stewart ...
    Global warming, renewable energy, expanding populations, sustainability--Climate of Uncertainty examines all issues with an objectivity and grace in an arena often fraught with dissent and extremism. Perfect for anyone seeking an understanding of all sides of the climate change debate, Climate of Uncertainty has garnered praise from every part of the ideological spectrum, proving that sometimes ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate Change

    The Science, Impacts and Solutions

    by A Barrie Pittock ...
    It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Rapid Climate Change

    Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

    by Scott G. McNall ...
    Series series Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic inequality. The book explores the politicization of the topic, the polarization of opinion, and the reasons ... Read more

    $52.99 USD