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The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increasedgreenhouse gases in the atmosphere--most dramatically since the 1970s. In February 2007 theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that global warming is "unequivocal" andthat human-produced carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are chiefly to blame, to a certaintyof more than 90 percent. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue todismiss this broad scientific consensus. In What We Know About Climate Change, MIT atmosphericscientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensushas emerged. Although it is impossible to predict exactly when the most dramatic effects of globalwarming will be felt, he argues, we can be confident that we face real dangers. Emanuel, whose workwas widely cited in media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, warns that global warming will contributeto an increase in the intensity and power of hurricanes and flooding and more rapidly advancingdeserts. But just as our actions have created the looming crisis, so too might they avert it.Emanuel calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases and c

Who reads What We Know About Climate Change (Boston Review Books)?

Author

Kerry Emanuel; afterword by Judith A. Layzer and William R. Moomaw

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262050890

Category

science

Subjects

Social Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Rating

3.8 / 5 (93 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14