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Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis / Tim Flannery.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xix, 245 pages: 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802124067
  • 0802124062
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738/74 23
LOC classification:
  • QC903 FLA 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Part One: Climate science. The weather makers: right or wrong? ; The waters of a warming world ; Ominously acidic oceans ; How are the animals doing? ; The great climate event horizon -- Part Two: The knife blade we perch on. The great disconnect ; Coal : decline of a giant ; What future, oil? ; Gas : last hurrah or bridge to the future? ; Divestment and the carbon bubble ; Where's nuclear? ; Sunlight and wind : winning the race ; At last, EVs -- Part Three: Fight for the future. Adapting? ; Geoengineering : a way out? ; The gigatonne challenge ; Silicate rocks, cement and smart chemistry ; The new carbon capture and storage ; The 2030 challenge ; Deadline 2050 ; The growing power of the individual.
Summary: Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering- - Source other than the Library of Congress.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction QC 903 FLA 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 14209 Available MzULM-014209

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.

Part One: Climate science. The weather makers: right or wrong? ; The waters of a warming world ; Ominously acidic oceans ; How are the animals doing? ; The great climate event horizon -- Part Two: The knife blade we perch on. The great disconnect ; Coal : decline of a giant ; What future, oil? ; Gas : last hurrah or bridge to the future? ; Divestment and the carbon bubble ; Where's nuclear? ; Sunlight and wind : winning the race ; At last, EVs -- Part Three: Fight for the future. Adapting? ; Geoengineering : a way out? ; The gigatonne challenge ; Silicate rocks, cement and smart chemistry ; The new carbon capture and storage ; The 2030 challenge ; Deadline 2050 ; The growing power of the individual.

Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering- - Source other than the Library of Congress.

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