Thoughts of a scientist, citizen, and grandpa on climate change
Subtitle: bridging the gap between scientific and public opinion
By: Eric P. Grimsrud
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781938908026
Subjects: Global warming; Climatic changes
Description: We are at a critical moment in the history of human civilization and have a choice to make. Are we or are we not going to aggressively and immediately address the issue of anthopogenic global warming? Written to provide the general public with a basic scientific understanding of the global warming issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Man's effects on the Earth's atmosphere; title: The Ice Age and global warming; title: Searching for a flaw in the theory of AGW; title: Are scientists really divided on the issue of AGW?; title: Lessons of the chlorofluorocarbon/stratospheric ozone controversy; title: Musings of Carl Sagan on the survival of intelligent forms of life; title: Churchillian leadership needed for the next decade; title: Getting past the forces of denial; title: So what's ahead for us?; title: Definition of terms and acronyms; title: Additional reading.