Climate Science

From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth offers a faith-based framework for viewing our responsibility to the natural world as well as practical, biblical ways we can care for the magnificent creation around us. Drawing on science and Scripture, this hope-filled and listener-friendly guide helps us navigate questions about caring for and respecting God's world.

This audiobook is an updated edition of a guide to the basic science of climate change, and a call to action. The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere—most dramatically since the 1970s. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus. In this updated edition of his authoritative book, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged.

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do.

In Stuck Monkey, James Hamilton-Paterson uncovers the truth behind the everyday habits fuelling the climate crisis. Drawing on eye-opening research and shocking statistics, he mercilessly dissects a wide spectrum of modern life: pets, gardening, sports, vehicles, fashion, wellness, holidays, and more. Ferociously unflinching and intelligent, this book will make you think twice about the ‘innocent’ habits we often take for granted.

Un libro urgente e indispensable para modificar nuestros hábitos de consumo. Cada día somos más los que nos preocupamos por los impactos de nuestras acciones y empezamos a cambiar nuestros hábitos de consumo y el modo en que nos relacionamos con la naturaleza. Es un camino lleno de obstáculos y contradicciones, un activismo imperfecto que elegimos porque aprendimos sobre las consecuencias que conlleva la forma actual de hacer las cosas.

At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable. Susan Crawford tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America's painful racial history for centuries and now stands at the intersection of climate and race.

The Paris Accords, widely accepted as the key to solving today's climate crisis, set a goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2050. But that's not good enough. The only way to guarantee a livable future is climate restoration, which can reduce greenhouse gases to historic levels. Scientist and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky explains the technology and maps a practical path that will let humankind survive and thrive.

Warum wir zynische Geldmacher, egomane Politiker und deren Lügen bekämpfen müssen. Die Welt steckt in der Endphase eines Kulturkampfs: Gier gegen Gerechtigkeit, Zerstörung gegen Nachhaltigkeit, Zynismus gegen Empathie. Nichts zeigt dies deutlicher als die Reaktionen auf die Klimakatastrophe: Hier jene, die versuchen, das Schlimmste zu verhindern, dort jene, die alles tun, um aus dem Verbrennen fossiler Stoffe Profit zu ziehen.

Müssen wir den Greenwashing-Lügen der Konsumgüterhersteller auf den Leim gehen, die uns jedes noch so pestizid- und schadstoffbelastete Produkt als ökologisch fair, nachhaltig und klimafreundlich verkaufen möchten? Müssen wir nicht!

Evocatively chronicled, Erickson tells what it is like trying to stop the unstoppable. Bad Smoke, Good Smoke gives voice to the particular pains that ranchers must face in our era of climate change and ever more powerful natural disasters.

Wie gerecht kann eine Welt in der Klimakrise sein? Der Klimawandel trifft uns nicht alle gleich. Friederike Otto liefert anhand von acht extremen Wetterereignissen konkrete Beispiele, was die wirklichen Ursachen sind, wer besonders betroffen ist und vor allem: Was Klimagerechtigkeit tatsächlich bedeutet und was dafür noch getan werden muss.

Since it was first proposed in the US House of Representatives, the Green New Deal has been hotly debated. The intent was not simply to fight climate change or address a specific environmental concern, but rather to tackle how climate change and other environmental challenges affect the economy, the vulnerable, and social justice—and vice versa. In Science for a Green New Deal, Eric Davidson dissects this legislative resolution.

We seem to be stuck, staring at insurmountable challenges. The pandemic is the opening act for climate change, and we need to get much better at anticipating and preparing for these types of challenges. Simply rebuilding bridges once they fall, or houses once they are swept away, is both expensive and risks human lives. Anticipation and preparation costs more now, but is much less costly over time.

How does climate change make you feel? Sad? Afraid? Powerless? Guilty? Manage your eco-anxiety with this helpful guide. Drawing on years of experience as a psychoanalyst, Anouchka Grose shares cutting-edge insights on how to manage your eco-anxiety. Find out how to validate your emotions and build your resilience. Discover the comfort that can be found in your community.

¿Cuál es el futuro de la humanidad ante la inminente tragedia de haber dañado profundamente a la Tierra, el único hogar con el que contamos hasta el día de hoy? En Un mar de esperanza, Andrea Sáenz-Arroyo, una bióloga marina con un doctorado en Economía ambiental, nos guía por un viaje personal a través de sociedades e ideas contrastantes, y llega a la siguiente conclusión: el arribo de la era de la comunicación nos revela que degradar nuestro entorno y despojar los recursos de otros para satisfacer nuestras necesidades no sólo es poco inteligente, sino evolutivamente inviable.

A guardarli da lontano possono sembrare creature spaventose, con le loro zampette formicolanti, orride antenne e piccole ali ronzanti, che passano la loro esistenza guizzando e svolazzando tra la polvere e il buio. Eppure se solo si prova ad avvicinarsi, ecco che appaiono iridescenze arcobaleno, corpi color smeraldo e ali blu violaceo maculate di crema. Ecco che i loro movimenti si fanno ordinati e organizzati come quelli di un esercito, le loro strategie rivelano un acume geniale, la loro forza si mostra sorprendente.

È noto che il mondo sta cambiando. Molto, quasi tutto ci porta a prevedere la fine della vita per come ora la conosciamo sulla Terra. La catastrofe (dal greco katastrophé, ‘rovesciamento’) che il genere umano sperimenta e sperimenterà non è però la prima: tutto quel che conosciamo è nato da una catastrofe, si è andato modificando e assestando attraverso catastrofi, e con una catastrofe andrà a terminare – o a proseguire, ma in modo radicalmente diverso.

El relat captivador de la vida a Buda, la primera illa d’Europa que desapareixerà engolida pel mar a conseqüència del canvi climàtic. Tan a prop i alhora tan lluny del nostre imaginari i de les nostres preocupacions. Fins que un dia, més aviat del que ens pensem, desapareixerà per sempre. Així és l’illa de Buda, una extensió de terra a la desembocadura de l’Ebre, a la punta del delta, que serà la primera illa d’Europa engolida pel mar. L’escriptor Gabi Martínez s’hi ha instal·lat durant tot un any per conèixer la realitat al delta de l’Ebre.

Wer von uns kann schon genau erklären, wie der Treibhauseffekt funktioniert? Was das CO2 in unserer Atmosphäre macht? Oder warum es so viel regnet, obwohl alle von der Klimaerwärmung sprechen? Kinder stellen 1000 Fragen. Wir Erwachsenen hingegen trauen uns oft nicht mehr, genau nachzufragen. Schließlich müssten wir es ja längst wissen. Doch es gibt so viele spannende Dinge, interessante Fakten und unzählige Selbstverständlichkeiten, die lohnen, genauer verstanden zu werden. Schließlich geht es um unsere Zukunft!

Climate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skillfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social, and environmental issues at play in order to examine the manifold threats it poses and to explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the "point of no return" may in fact have already been passed, Boyd and Tompkins highlight the urgent need to start actively adapting to our changing climate if we want to avoid complete catastrophe.