A Global Warming Primer: Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future

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2024 Gold Winner of the Indie Book Award for Ecology and the Environment
The media often portrays our climate future as a choice between bleak and bleaker, which may seem justified given the many impacts of global warming that we are already seeing. But it doesn’t have to be that way, because if we understand the science behind global warming, then we can also see a pathway to its solution. In this book, astrophysicist/educator Jeffrey Bennett uses a Q&A format to provide a brief and extremely clear overview of the surprisingly simple basic science behind global warming, of the consequences of this warming, and of solutions that can help us alleviate and eventually reverse those consequences. This will help readers understand how we can in principle create a “post-global warming” future, meaning a future in which today’s children will someday be able to talk about global warming as a once-serious problem that we found a way to solve.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Big Kid Science
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2024
Edition ‏ : ‎ Second edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937548880
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937548889
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.01 x 0.39 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,091,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #96 in Energy Policy (Books) #535 in Science & Technology Teaching Materials #541 in Environmental Policy
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Customers find the book informative, with one review highlighting how it presents basic science in simple, convincing terms. Moreover, the book is praised for its readability, with one customer noting that the reading skill required is easily high school level. Additionally, customers appreciate its concise format and relevance to the topic, with one review noting its extensive coverage of all aspects of climate change.