Tag Archives: Climate
The New Energy Crisis: Climate, Economics and Geopolitics
Product DescriptionThe New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics. Global warming suddenly reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book explores economic and geopolitical tensions and reinforces ways to overcome the crisis. … More >> The [...]
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Product DescriptionGlobal climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who [...]
Snow and Climate: Physical Processes, Surface Energy Exchange and Modeling
Product DescriptionThe extent and variability of seasonal snow cover are important parameters in the climate system, due to their effects on energy and moisture budgets, and because surface temperature is highly dependent on snow cover. In turn, snow cover trends serve as key indicators of climate change. Many distinct techniques have become available to study [...]
Climate Justice: Ethics, Energy, and Public Policy
ISBN13: 9780800663629 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionEnergy issues and climate change have loomed up from issues at the horizon to confront humanity directly and vitally. They are now pressing public-policy challenges of monumental scale and import. James Martin-Schramm draws on decades of involvement with ethics, public policy, and [...]
Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future
Product Description Climate Change is geared toward a variety of students and general readers who seek the real science behind global warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text introduces the basic science underlying both the natural progress of climate change and the effect of human activity on the deteriorating health of our planet. Noted expert and author [...]
Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change
Product DescriptionAs America confronts global climate change, this documents the problem, sets forth solutions, and challenges each of us to do our part to embrace a clean and sustainable energy future, today and in the years ahead. Doing so, she convincingly argues, will help put Americans back to work, reduce our reliance on foreign oil [...]