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Fixing Climate [Kindle Edition]

Wallace S. Broecker (Author), Robert Kunzig (Author)

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Length: 288 pages
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"'Robert Kunzig has an epic saga to tell and he does it with flair and an infectious excitement.'Daily Telegraph 'Part history, part science book, part other-worldly travelogue, this is a magical mystery tour filled with wonders.'Daily Mail 'An exhaustive and enthralling trawl of the ocean floor.' Sunday Times 'Every popular science writer tries to bring new worlds into view; Kunzig's is especially compelling because his new world is so strange, yet so firmly linked to our own.'Guardian"

The Economist, U.S Edition, 17 May 2008

"...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."

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2801 KB
Print Length: 288 pages
Publisher: Green Profile (9 July 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B003F5NSWY
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #322,465 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Science book of the year? 3 Jun 2008

By M. Ellingham

Format:Paperback

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.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Facts and honesty, with a light at the end of the tunnel... 2 Jun 2008

By Holly Marriott

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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.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Brilliant 1 July 2008

By Michael Hayes

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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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