Steven E. Koonin

Unsettled

What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

From Steven Koonin, a leader in US science policy and former science advisor for the Obama administration, Unsettled is an up-close, apolitical exploration of the many misconceptions and shortcomings in the mainstream presentation of climate science-which is far less black-and-white than many people realize.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BenBella Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781950665792
• ISBN-10: 1950665798
• Artikelnr.: 59945404

Autorenporträt

Steven E. Koonin

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction Part I: The Science 1. What We Know About Warming 2. Humble
Human Influences 3. Emissions Explained and Extrapolated 4. Many Muddled
Models 5. Hyping the Heat 6. Tempest Terrors 7. Precipitation Perils-From
Floods to Fires 8. Sea Level Scares 9. Apocalypses That Ain't 10. Who Broke
"The Science" and Why 11. Fixing the Broken Science Part II: The Response
12. The Chimera of Carbon-Free 13. Could the US Catch the Chimera? 14.
Plans B Closing Thoughts Endnotes Acknowledgments Index