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100 1 _aBauman, Yoram.
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
_helectronic resource
_cby Yoram Bauman, Grady Klein.
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bIsland Press/Center for Resource Economics :
_bImprint: Island Press,
_c2014.
300 _aVIII, 208 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aPart one -- Observations -- Introduction -- A Brief History of PLANET EARTH -- The Ice Ages -- Carbon Dioxide -- Energy -- Climate Science. Part two -- Predictions -- Global warming -- Water -- Life on Earth. Beyond 2100 -- Uncertainty. Part three -- Actions -- The Tragedy of the Commons -- Techno-Fix -- Putting a Price on Carbon -- Beyond Fossil Fuels -- The Challenge -- Glossary.
520 _aClimate change is no laughing matter—but maybe it should be. The topic is so critical that everyone, from students to policy-makers to voters, needs a quick and easy guide to the basics. The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change entertains as it educates, delivering a unique and enjoyable presentation of mind-blowing facts and critical concepts. "Stand-up economist" Yoram Bauman and award-winning illustrator Grady Klein have created the funniest overview of climate science, predictions, and policy that you’ll ever read. You’ll giggle, but you’ll also learn—about everything from Milankovitch cycles to carbon taxes. If those subjects sound daunting, consider that Bauman and Klein have already written two enormously successful cartoon guides to economics, making this notoriously dismal science accessible to countless readers. Bauman has a PhD in economics and has taught at both the high school and college level, but he now makes a living performing at comedy clubs, universities, and conferences, sharing the stage with personalities as diverse as Robin Williams and Paul Krugman. The authors know how to get a laugh—and they know their facts. This cartoon introduction is based on the latest report from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and integrates Bauman’s expertise on economics and policy. If economics can be funny, then climate science can be a riot. Sociologists have argued that we don’t address global warming because it’s too big and frightening to get our heads around. The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change takes the intimidation and gloom out of one of the most complex and hotly debated challenges of our time.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences.
_9303120
650 0 _aClimatic changes.
_9306391
650 1 4 _aenvironment.
_9303989
650 2 4 _aclimate change.
_9306392
650 2 4 _aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
_9411445
650 2 4 _aClimate Change Management and Policy.
_9411505
700 1 _aKlein, Grady.
_eauthor.
_9444470
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-570-0
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