Climate change [Book] : picturing the science / Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe; foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs.

By:

Schmidt, Gavin

Contributor(s):

Wolfe, Joshua, 1983-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 305 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780393331257

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

551.6 22

Other classification:

551.6

Summary: Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA, and photographer Wolfe seek to advance public education about human-induced climate change in a combination of arresting images and lucid explanations of the science of global warming and the pursuit of global cooperation in adopting new, sustainable ways of living. With contributions by 16 scientists, engineers, writers, activists, and photographers, Schmidt and Wolfe address a host of observable changes, from the melting of ice and permafrost at the poles to the rising of sea levels in cities such as Venice and Miami...-- Excerpt, Booklist. .

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Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA, and photographer Wolfe seek to advance public education about human-induced climate change in a combination of arresting images and lucid explanations of the science of global warming and the pursuit of global cooperation in adopting new, sustainable ways of living. With contributions by 16 scientists, engineers, writers, activists, and photographers, Schmidt and Wolfe address a host of observable changes, from the melting of ice and permafrost at the poles to the rising of sea levels in cities such as Venice and Miami...-- Excerpt, Booklist. .

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