Weather of the Future Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet

Name: Weather of the Future Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet
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ISBN: 9780061726880

ISBN-10: 0061726885

ISBN-13: 9780061726880

Edition: 2010

Authors: Heidi Cullen

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In 'Weather of the Future' Heidi Cullen offers detailed predictions of what our world will look like if we do nothing to curb CO2 emissions. Combining interviews with state-of-the-art climate model projections, this volume spells out the inherent risks that global warming poses for everyone.

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/3/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.122



List of Maps


Introduction



Your Weather is Your Climate



Climate and Weather Together



Seeing Climate Change in Our Past



The Science of Prediction



Extreme Weather Autopsies and the Forty-Year Forecast



The Weather of the Future



The Sahel, Africa



The Great Barrier Reef, Australia



Central Valley, California



The Arctic, Part One: Inuit Nunaat, Canada



The Arctic, Part Two: Greenland



Dhaka, Bangladesh



New York, New York



The Trillionth Ton



United States Climate Change Almanac



New York Statistics



The World's Most Vulnerable Places


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index