Climate conundrums : what the climate debate reveals about us / William B. Gail.
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : American Meteorological Society, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781935704744 (pbk.)
- 1935704745 (pbk.)
- QC903 .G35 2014
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | QC903 .G35 2014 | 1 | Available | 50583020005314 |
Includes index.
Part I. Humans and Nature: 1. Are humans distinct from nature?; 2. Can we make nature better?; 3. Is nature sustainable? -- Part II. Humans and Society: 4. Should society's future matter to us?; 5. Will civilization advance indefinitely?; 6. Can we engineer everything?; 7. Is knowledge always beneficial?; 8. Could science and religion reconcile? -- Part III. Humans and Destiny: 9. Do we live in a special time?; 10. What will become of us?.
"Looks at how we as humans think, individually and collectively, about the climate change debate. The essays throughout are organized around our relationship with nature, the challenges facing human society, and the path ahead for civilization"--Provided by publisher.