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Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis / Tim Flannery.

By: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- [author.].
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xix, 245 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802125651.Subject(s): Climatic changes | Global warming | Climate change mitigation | Renewable energy sources | Renewable energy sources | Climate change mitigation | Climatic changes | Global warmingGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
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.
Summary: Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering- -
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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- -

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