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How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate

How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeff GoodellPublish date:2011-04-01Pages:276
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780547520230ISBN-10:547520239UPC:9780547520230Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Global Warming & Climate Change, Environmental, Environmental ScienceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC1A1DZJ4
Climate discussions often focus on potential impacts over a long period of time--several decades, a century even. But change could also happen much more suddenly. What if we had a real climate emergency--how could we cool the planet in a hurry? This question has led a group of scientists to pursue extreme solutions: huge contraptions that would suck CO2 from the air, machines that brighten clouds and deflect sunlight away from the earth, even artificial volcanoes that spray heat-reflecting particles into the atmosphere. This is the radical and controversial world of geoengineering. How to Cool the Planet, Jeff Goodell explores the scientific, political, and moral aspects of geoengineering. How are we going to change the temperature of whole regions if we can't even predict next week's weather? What about wars waged with climate control as the primary weapon? There are certainly risks, but Goodell persuades us that geoengineering may be our last best hope, a Plan B for the environment. And if it is, we need to know enough to get it right.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780547520230ISBN-10:547520239UPC:9780547520230Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Global Warming & Climate Change, Environmental, Environmental ScienceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC1A1DZJ4
Goodell, Jeff: - JEFF GOODELL is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith. Goodell's memoir, Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family, was a New York Times Notable Book.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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