A Global Warming Primer: Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future, Edition 2
Jan 2024 · Big Kid Science
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2024 Gold Winner of the Indie Book Award for Ecology and the Environment
The media often portrays our climate future as a choice between bleak and bleaker, which may seem justified given the many impacts of global warming that we are already seeing. But it doesn't have to be that way, because if we understand the science behind global warming, then we can also see a pathway to its solution. In this book, astrophysicist/educator Jeffrey Bennett uses a Q&A format to provide a brief and extremely clear overview of the surprisingly simple basic science behind global warming, of the consequences of this warming, and of solutions that can help us alleviate and eventually reverse those consequences. This will help readers understand how we can in principle create a "post-global warming" future, meaning a future in which today's children will someday be able to talk about global warming as a once-serious problem that we found a way to solve.
The media often portrays our climate future as a choice between bleak and bleaker, which may seem justified given the many impacts of global warming that we are already seeing. But it doesn't have to be that way, because if we understand the science behind global warming, then we can also see a pathway to its solution. In this book, astrophysicist/educator Jeffrey Bennett uses a Q&A format to provide a brief and extremely clear overview of the surprisingly simple basic science behind global warming, of the consequences of this warming, and of solutions that can help us alleviate and eventually reverse those consequences. This will help readers understand how we can in principle create a "post-global warming" future, meaning a future in which today's children will someday be able to talk about global warming as a once-serious problem that we found a way to solve.
2024 Gold Winner of the Indie Book Award for Ecology and the Environment
The media often portrays our climate future as a choice between bleak and bleaker, which may seem justified given the many impacts of global warming that we are already seeing. But it doesn't have to be that way, because if...
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Jeffrey Bennett has been teaching and writing about global warming for more than 30 years. He holds a B.A. in Biophysics (University of California, San Diego) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics (University of Colorado). He is the lead author of college textbooks in astronomy, astrobiology, mathematics, and statistics that together have sold more than 3 million copies, and of critically acclaimed books for the general public including Beyond UFOs (Princeton University Press, 2008/2011), Math for Life (Big Kid Science 2014), What is Relativity? (Columbia University Press, 2014), and On Teaching Science (Big Kid Science 2014). His seven books for children have all been selected for launch to the International Space Station for the " Story Time From Space" program (storytimefromspace.com). Dr. Bennett has received numerous awards for his teaching and writing, including the prestigious American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award and the 2023 Klopsteg Memorial award for education from the American Association of Physics Teachers. His personal web site is www.jeffreybennett.com.
Jeffrey Bennett has been teaching and writing about global warming for more than 30 years. He holds a B.A. in Biophysics (University of California, San Diego) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics (University of Colorado). He is the lead author of college textbooks in astronomy, astrobiology, mat...
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