With Broeker as his guide, award-winning science writer Robert Kunzig looks back at Earth's volatile climate history so as to shed light on the challenges ahead. Ice ages, planetary orbits, a giant 'conveyor belt' in the ocean ... it's a riveting story full of maverick thinkers, extraordinary discoveries and an urgent blueprint for action.Likening climate to a slumbering beast, ready to react to the smallest of prods, Broecker shows how assiduously we've been prodding it, by pumping 70 million tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. Fixing Climate explains why we need not just to reduce emissions but to start removing our carbon waste from our atmosphere. And in a thrilling last section of the book, we learn how this could become reality, using 'artificial trees' and underground storage.
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"...the presence of a co-writer adds to the charm of the story, for Robert Kunzig seems to have fallen for Mr Broecker and his world. It is easy to see why. (Mr Kunzig) has a lovely appreciation of the poetry of science. Buy this one. Forget the rest."
-- The Economist, U.S Edition, 17 May 2008
'Wally Broecker is a towering intellect in the field of climate change research. His collaboration with popular science writer Robert Kunzig has produced an account of the entwined evolution of Wally's career and climate science, which is at the same time illuminating, entertaining and authoritative. A "must read"'.
-- Chris Rapley, Director, Science Museum --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-- The Economist, U.S Edition, 17 May 2008
'Wally Broecker is a towering intellect in the field of climate change research. His collaboration with popular science writer Robert Kunzig has produced an account of the entwined evolution of Wally's career and climate science, which is at the same time illuminating, entertaining and authoritative. A "must read"'.
-- Chris Rapley, Director, Science Museum --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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We've heard lots about climate change - but what can we do about it? Wallace Broecker, the eminent scientist who coined the term global warming way back in 1975, believes in a techno-solution: 'artificial trees' to scrub CO2 directly from the air.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By M. Ellingham
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This really is an outstanding book - or, perhaps, two outstanding books. The first half is essentially the (surprisingly compelling) story of climate science, told in parallel with the remarkable career of Wally Broecker. Its author, Robert Kunzig, wrote one of the great popular science books - Mapping the Deep: The Story of Ocean Science - and has that brilliant knack of slipping difficult science into a familiar, human narrative, so you "get it" without realising you're being challenged.
But it's the second half which is, literally, thrilling, as Kunzig and Broecker outline their vision of CO2 as a "fixable problem", just as the disposal of sewage was a century ago. Their fix is a radical invention by physicist Klaus Lackner (who sounds a genius) which will allow CO2 to be removed from the air by millions of car-sized "carbon scrubbers" and then sequestered in deep ocean or oil wells, or in basalt schists in Iceland.
This is a book that offers hope to the climate crisis. Not that the authors for a second make light of its seriousness: quite the reverse. But they feel that not enough will be done to reduce emissions until it's too late. Unless the Lackner machines can come to our rescue.
An absolutely vital book, and beautifully written. Science book of the year, in my opinion.
But it's the second half which is, literally, thrilling, as Kunzig and Broecker outline their vision of CO2 as a "fixable problem", just as the disposal of sewage was a century ago. Their fix is a radical invention by physicist Klaus Lackner (who sounds a genius) which will allow CO2 to be removed from the air by millions of car-sized "carbon scrubbers" and then sequestered in deep ocean or oil wells, or in basalt schists in Iceland.
This is a book that offers hope to the climate crisis. Not that the authors for a second make light of its seriousness: quite the reverse. But they feel that not enough will be done to reduce emissions until it's too late. Unless the Lackner machines can come to our rescue.
An absolutely vital book, and beautifully written. Science book of the year, in my opinion.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I read Fixing Climate in around a day and a half as I was transfixed, -it's phenomenal. Firstly, I never thought I would enjoy a 'science' book, let alone one about climate change as everyone is banging on about it, but I found it fascinating. It has a brutal honesty. There is no spin, no opinion, just facts and history, who can argue with that?
It has however made me wonder if turning all the lights off (and my monitor) at night will make a difference to this colossal problem that we face, I think governments are the place where change can happen. I think above all it's wonderfully written with a warm humour which makes it even more enjoyable.
If you read one book on the environment - make it this one.
It has however made me wonder if turning all the lights off (and my monitor) at night will make a difference to this colossal problem that we face, I think governments are the place where change can happen. I think above all it's wonderfully written with a warm humour which makes it even more enjoyable.
If you read one book on the environment - make it this one.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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An excellant book. A well written and well paced overview of climate change: from ice ages through to the modern era.
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a waste of time. Often assuming and incorrect.
Firstly let me stress I was looking forward to reading this book, as neither AGW religious not "skeptic" I enjoy reading books like this from a science-based factual basis. Read more
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