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What We Know About Climate Change
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What We Know About Climate Change

Kerry Emanuel
MIT Press, 2012

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MIT professor Kerry Emanuel, a climate scientist, calls man-made global warming “perhaps the most consequential problem ever confronted by mankind.” In this primer, Emanuel details the science underlying the causes and impact of global warming. He explains why warming is taking place and discusses options for mitigating its impact. This 2012 update of Emanuel’s 2006 book provides more recent information about current scientific findings. getAbstract recommends his analysis to anyone who wants to stay informed on this vital topic.

Take-Aways

  • Global warming is an established scientific fact.
  • No one knows how bad its consequences might be.
  • Gases like carbon dioxide trap heat inside the atmosphere and, according to climate models, create the “greenhouse effect,” which makes the planet hotter.

About the Author

Kerry Emanuel, professor of atmospheric science in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science at MIT, studies moist convection in the atmosphere and tropical cyclones.

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    J. B. 1 decade ago
    Bias is political. It is not our greatest threat to humanity. It is academically written but in the way one massages the data to support ones thesis. It does not compare to other times in global history when high levels of green house gasses were also generated without any assistance from humanity. In their own worlds there are a dozen contributing factors and only one is the small slice that human-made gases adversely affect the total situation. It is good to read what know what MIT is producing.