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Climate Change：What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd Edition)

内容简介

Theessentialprimeronwhatwillbethedefiningissueofourtime,ClimateChange:WhatEveryoneNeedstoKnow®isaclear-eyedoverviewofthescience,conflicts,andimplicationsofourwarmingplanet.FromJosephRomm,ChiefScienceAdvisorforNationalGeographic'sYearsofLivingDangerouslyseriesandoneofRollingStone's"100peoplewhoarechangingAmerica,"ClimateChangeoffersuser-friendly,scientificallyrigorousanswerstothemostdifficult(andcommonlypoliticized)questionssurroundingwhatclimatologistLonnieThompsonhasdeemed"aclearandpresentdangertocivilization."Newquestionsaboutclimatechangeaddressedinthisguideinclude:·AnalysisoftheParisclimateagreement,includingtheUnitedStates'withdrawal·Examinesimplicationsofthecleanenergyrevolution,fromsolarandwindpowertobatteriesandelectriccars·Thelatestonclimatescience,includingupdatesoneffortstostemorslowclimatechange·InsightsintowhatDonaldTrump'spresidencymeansforclimateactionintheUSandinternationallyAstheglobalresponsetoclimatechangecontinuestoevolve,ClimateChange:WhatEveryoneNeedstoKnow®offerssmart,unbiasedanswerstothemostdifficultquestionsinanareadoggedbymisunderstandingandpoliticization.

作者简介

JosephRomm,Ph.D.,isoneofthecountry'smostinfluentialcommunicatorsonclimatescienceandsolutions.RommisChiefScienceAdvisorforYearsofLivingDangerouslyseries,whichwonthe2014EmmyAwardforOutstandingNonfictionSeries.HeisthefoundingeditorofClimateProgress,whichNewYorkTimescolumnistTomFriedmancalled"theindispensableblog."In2009,Timenamedhimoneofits"HeroesoftheEnvironment,"callinghim"TheWeb'smostinfluentialclimate-changeblogger."In2009,RollingStoneputRommonitslistof100"peoplewhoarereinventingAmerica."Rommwasactingassistantsecretaryofenergyin1997,whereheoversaw$1billioninlow-carbontechnologydevelopmentanddeployment.HeisaSeniorFellowattheCenterforAmericanProgressandholdsaPh.D.inphysicsfromMIT.

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What Everyone Needs to Know

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