The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook
byDavid E. Newton holds a BA in chemistry, an MA in education from the University of Michigan, and an EdD in science education from Harvard University.
20200430
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 360 |
Topics | Alternative Energy;Arctic Ice Melt;Extreme Weather;Flooding;Fossil Fuels;Global Warming;Green Energy;Greenhouse Gasses;Keeling Curve;The Little Ice Age;Paleoclimatology;Current Events and Issues: Environment;Environment |
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The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at climate change facts and statistics. It also discusses those that disagree with the scientific consensus.
The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of climate change from the earliest days of planet Earth to the present day.
Chapters One and Two provide a historical background of climate change and a review of current problems, controversies, and solutions. The remainder of the book consists of chapters that aid readers in continuing their own research on the topic, such as an extended annotated bibliography, chronology, glossary, noteworthy individuals and organizations in the field, and important data and documents.
The variety of resources provided, such as further reading, perspective essays about climate change, a historical timeline, and useful terms in the climate change discourse, differentiates this book from others in the field. The book is intended for readers of high school through the community college level, along with adult readers who may be interested in the topic.
- Provides readers with the basic factual information needed to understand climate change
- Outlines issues in the field of climate change about which there are differences of opinion among authorities in the field
- Offers suggestions for ways in which the effects of climate change on the environment and human society can be ameliorated
- Rounds out the author's expertise in perspective essays, giving readers a diversity of viewpoints on the topic
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Table of Contents
The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook
Author(s): Newton, David;Contributors: Newton, David;Abstract:The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at climate change facts and statistics. It also discusses those that disagree with the scientific consensus.
The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of climate change from the earliest days of planet Earth to the present day.
Chapters One and Two provide a historical background of climate change and a review of current problems, controversies, and solutions. The remainder of the book consists of chapters that aid readers in continuing their own research on the topic, such as an extended annotated bibliography, chronology, glossary, noteworthy individuals and organizations in the field, and important data and documents.
The variety of resources provided, such as further reading, perspective essays about climate change, a historical timeline, and useful terms in the climate change discourse, differentiates this book from others in the field. The book is intended for readers of high school through the community college level, along with adult readers who may be interested in the topic.
- Provides readers with the basic factual information needed to understand climate change
- Outlines issues in the field of climate change about which there are differences of opinion among authorities in the field
- Offers suggestions for ways in which the effects of climate change on the environment and human society can be ameliorated
- Rounds out the author's expertise in perspective essays, giving readers a diversity of viewpoints on the topic
SortTitle: climate change debate: a reference handbookAuthor Info:David E. NewtonauthorDavid E. Newton holds a BA in chemistry, an MA in education from the University of Michigan, and an EdD in science education from Harvard University.
eISBN-13: 9781440875427Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440875427.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440875410Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 360Publication Date: 20200430Series: Contemporary World Issues- Cover Cover11
- Title Page v6
- Copyright vi7
- Contents vii8
- Preface xiii14
- Chapter 1. Background and History 320
- Chapter 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 6380
- Chapter 3. Perspectives 141158
- Introduction 141158
- Cemetery Management Today or Reinternment Management Tomorrow, Jennifer Blanks 141158
- Comatose in Climate Catastrophe, Olivia Cooper 146163
- Coastal Community Faces Effects of Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, Chris Ann Silver Esformes 150167
- A Call for Climate Literacy, Gregory Foy and Leigh Foy 153170
- Scientific Skepticism of Climate Change Models, Joel Grossman 157174
- How the Powerful Advance Climate Change, Maxine Gunther-Segal 162179
- Landslide Mitigation and Perception in Rio de Janeiro, Abigail Hanna 166183
- The Little Big Changes—How BigIs Your Backyard?, Hogyeum Joo 170187
- Give Me Money, Give Me Power, and Give Them Death, Joy Semien 173190
- Chapter 4. Profiles 179196
- Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) 179196
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions 181198
- Climate Action Network 183200
- Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888) 185202
- Al Gore Jr. (1948–) 188205
- James Hansen (1941–) 190207
- Syukuro Manabe (1931–) 192209
- Past Global Changes 193210
- Roger Revelle (1909–1991) 196213
- Hans Suess (1909–1993) 199216
- Greta Thunberg (2003–) 200217
- 350.org 203220
- United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 205222
- United States Environmental Protection Agency 206223
- Yale Program on Climate Change Communication 208225
- Chapter 5. Data and Documents 213230
- Data 213230
- Table 5.1. Global Radiative Forcing, CO2-equivalent Mixing Ratio, and the AGGI (1979–2018) 214231
- Table 5.2. Average Annual CO2 Concentration, Mauna Loa, Hawaii parts per million(ppm; uncertainty in all measurements is 0.12 ppm) 216233
- Table 5.3. Area Covered by Ice in Arctic Sea, 1979–2017 (million square miles) 218235
- Table 5.4. Atmospheric CO2 Levels, 1850–1958 (parts per million) 219236
- Documents 222239
- On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground (1896) 222239
- Remarkable Weather of 1911 (1912) 224241
- Energy Tax Act (1978) 226243
- Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) 228245
- Executive Order 13514 (2009) 231248
- President Obama’s Climate Action Plan (2013) 234251
- Executive Order 13653 (2013) 238255
- The Clean Power Plan (2015) 243260
- Executive Order 13783 (2017) 247264
- The Affordable Clean Energy Rule (2019) 254271
- Chapter 6. Resources 259276
- Chapter 7. Chronology 301318
- Glossary 313330
- Index 321338
- About the Author 343360