Jeffrey Loehr, Margaret Loehr

Demystifying Climate Change

An Energy Story on Science, History, Threats, and Opportunities

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Produktbeschreibung

Using historical anecdotes as well as modern story-telling and basic science, this book describes how humans are changing the chemistry of our air and oceans. The great life-giving cycles that maintain a livable environment are being altered, causing wide range of consequences. Very real solutions, technological and economic are also addressed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781475835816
• ISBN-10: 1475835817
• Artikelnr.: 48695646

Autorenporträt

By Jeffrey Loehr and Margaret Loehr

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I - The Nature of Energy Chapter 1: The Protagonist-Energy
Chapter 2: Doing the Numbers-Measuring Energy and Power Chapter 3: The
Dancer-Changing Forms of Energy Chapter 4: Can't Be Made, Can't Be
Destroyed-Still Dancing Chapter 5: Wellspring of Energy-Surprise! It's All
Nuclear Part II - The Ways of the Natural World Chapter 6: Homage to Sol
Chapter 7: Storms Brewing-The Water Cycle Chapter 8: Solid Sunshine-The
Carbon Cycle Chapter 9: How is a Saturn Moon Rocket Similar to a Cow?
Respiration and Combustion Chapter 10: How is a Saturn Moon Rocket
Different From a Cow? Fossil Fuels Part III - Global Warming and Climate
Change-Why Should We Care? Chapter 11: Giver of Life-The Greenhouse Effect
Chapter 12: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Chapter 13: So What? Consequences
of a Warming Planet Chapter 14: The Other Guy Did It! Chapter 15: The
Trouble with Scientists Part IV - How Did We Get to Here? Chapter 16: From
the Dawn of Humanity until the Industrial Revolution Chapter 17: Four
Revolutions Part V - The Way Forward Chapter 18: Getting More for
Less-Efficiency Chapter 19: Electricity-The Problem and the Future Chapter
20: Turbine Free Electricity-Photovoltaics Chapter 21: What Else? Chapter
22: Just Keep Thinking Chapter 23: The Third Rail Solution - Population
Chapter 24: Why Are We Slow to Act? Part VI - The Business of Energy
Chapter 25: Disruption and Jobs Chapter 26: "Free Market"-The Cost of
Energy Chapter 27: Looking for the Possible-Some Free Mlarket Solutions
Chapter 28: Capitalism-Yea or Nay? Part VII - Into the Next Revolution
Chapter 29: What Lies Ahead? Chapter 30: Ending the Gaian War Epilogue:
Lessons From the Past Frequently Asked Questions Appendix A: Units of
Measuring Energy and Power Appendix B: Electricity Terms Websites
Referenced Glossary Annotated Bibliography About the Authors