Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis /
Tim Flannery.
- UK : Penguin Random House , 2015
- xix, 245 pages ; 24 cm
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- -
9780141981048
Climatic changes. Global warming. Climate change mitigation. Renewable energy sources. Renewable energy sources Climate change mitigation. Climatic changes. Global warming.