The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3rd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options-global and personal-for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present and future. This updated edition includes scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as background on recent controversies and an updated politics section that reflects post-Copenhagen developments. Discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. The Rough Guide to Climate Change unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes information on what you can do to help.
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If there is one book that ticks all the boxes of accessibility, authority and timeliness it is The Rough Guide to Climate Change (The Daily Telegraph )
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Robert Henson is a writer and editor employed at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). The job has provided him with a bird's-eye perch on the evolution of research on global warming and other hot topics in atmospheric science. Robert also writes for Weatherwise, Nature and Scientific American magazines.
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By alan walker
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Henson provides an introduction to climatology which takes the minimum of previous knowledge to comprehend. From that backdrop one can appreciate the tumble of facts, figures and outlines of others' experiments which build out the picture of what is happening on the planet. Henson does not bend over backwards to allow for the case of those who dispute the importance of human activity in global warming but that can be picked up elsewhere.
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By whizz
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The book was fantastic, it was well written and easy to read. I found the book very interesting and full of really useful facts.
I used the book as pre reading for the IEMA Associate Members exam and it proved to be beneficial preparation.
I used the book as pre reading for the IEMA Associate Members exam and it proved to be beneficial preparation.
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By Johan RF
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As soon as you read the word IPCC in a book you have to take a step back and read from a whole new perspective.... This book is well put together but its just a science lesson(s) plus a collection of thoughts about "climate change" referencing many assumptions, some of which are becoming increasingly dubious. There is no way to link weather events to climate change and the reason is very very simple. If you look at historical minimum and maximum temperature records over 200 years and look at the the current rate of records being broken, there is simply no trend. Or to put it another way, there is no evidence whatsoever that current/recent weather events are anything other than random. This is hinted to in the book but from a loaded start point. Further more where is this "guide" does it mention things like a dramatic drop in cape verde Hurricanes in the last 6 years is the direct opposite of what was predicted !?!? there are many many examples of a drop in severe weather events recently but yet this is never cited as evidence of anything so why does a random European heatwave feature in this "guide" !? Finally the title is really odd,, we clearly as a species know next to nothing about this pseudo science yet we get to read this "guide". Bravo for the attempt but if it was called "The Rough Guide to Climate" and was researched deeper without references to "assumed" qualified sources then it would be a 5 star. Why have I given this 3 stars ? beacause if you read it without knowing much about climate you will learn a great deal. Oh and before the Disciples of Mann tear into this review with comments, I am not a huge skeptic, I suspect we are influencing the balance but I do not think the research thus far is credible for an absolute standpoint. Reducing CO2 for me is an urgent necessity but for resources reasons, not climate.
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