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- Herausgeber: Ben Business Group LLC
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021
Summary of Unsettled - What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters - A Comprehensive Summary
The media, politicians, and other influential voices have declared that "the science is settled" on climate change. In truth, misunderstanding and disinformation have tainted the long game of telephone from study to reports to the public media.
The fundamental concerns of how the climate is responding to our influence and what the consequences will be are mostly unsolved. Climate change is happening, but the why and how aren't as obvious as you may have been led to believe.
Now, one of America's most illustrious scientists is attempting to dispel the haze by explaining what science actually says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate.
Steven Koonin draws on his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—in
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters to deliver up-to-date insights and professional perspective free of political agendas.
This fascinating, clear-headed, and full-of-surprises book equips readers with the knowledge and skills they need to better comprehend the climate crisis and to be more savvy consumers of science media in general.
Prof. Koonin provides a thorough and easy-to-understand examination of the current state of scientific knowledge on global warming and how human-caused greenhouse gas emissions contribute to it. His research shows that separating human effects on climate from the overwhelmingly large impact of natural causes is impossible at this time.
Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science behind the headlines, demonstrating where it comes from and guiding us through the evidence's consequences. He debunks common misconceptions and reveals little-known facts, such as the fact that, despite a massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions, world temperatures actually declined between 1940 and 1970. Furthermore, the models we employ to forecast the future are unable to adequately characterize historical climates, implying that they are fundamentally incorrect.
Koonin also discusses society's response to climate change, using data-driven research to demonstrate why many proposed "solutions" would be futile, and how alternatives such as adaptation and, if required, geoengineering can secure humanity's continued prosperity.
Unsettled is a hopeful reality check about climate science that you won't find anywhere else—what we know, what we don't, and what it all implies for our future.
To be continued...
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Table of contents
SUMMARY of Unsettled
About The Author
Introduction
The Book Review
What is it about warming?
Our Existence Is Not Threatened
It is not our fault
Conclusion
SUMMARY of Unsettled
by Steven E. Koonin - What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters - A Comprehensive Summary
SUMMARY of Unsettled
The media, politicians, and other influential voices have declared that "the science is settled" on climate change. In truth, misunderstanding and disinformation have tainted the long game of telephone from study to reports to the public media.
The fundamental concerns of how the climate is responding to our influence and what the consequences will be are mostly unsolved. Climate change is happening, but the why and how aren't as obvious as you may have been led to believe.
Now, one of America's most illustrious scientists is attempting to dispel the haze by explaining what science actually says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate.
Steven Koonin draws on his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—in Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters to deliver up-to-date insights and professional perspective free of political agendas.
This fascinating, clear-headed, and full-of-surprises book equips readers with the knowledge and skills they need to better comprehend the climate crisis and to be more savvy consumers of science media in general.
Prof. Koonin provides a thorough and easy-to-understand examination of the current state of scientific knowledge on global warming and how human-caused greenhouse gas emissions contribute to it. His research shows that separating human effects on climate from the overwhelmingly large impact of natural causes is impossible at this time.
Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science behind the headlines, demonstrating where it comes from and guiding us through the evidence's consequences. He debunks common misconceptions and reveals little-known facts, such as the fact that, despite a massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions, world temperatures actually declined between 1940 and 1970. Furthermore, the models we employ to forecast the future are unable to adequately characterize historical climates, implying that they are fundamentally incorrect.
Koonin also discusses society's response to climate change, using data-driven research to demonstrate why many proposed "solutions" would be futile, and how alternatives such as adaptation and, if required, geoengineering can secure humanity's continued prosperity. Unsettled is a hopeful reality check about climate science that you won't find anywhere else—what we know, what we don't, and what it all implies for our future.
To be continued...
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About The Author
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About The Author
Introduction
The Book Review
Part I: The Science Related Issues
What is it about warming?
Our Existence Is Not Threatened
Part 2: The Response
The chimera of the carbon-free
Could the US catch the Chimera?
It is not our fault
Conclusion
About The Author
Dr. Steven E. Koonin is a prominent figure in American scientific policy. He was the principal architect of the US Department of Energy's Strategic Plan and the inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review while serving as Undersecretary for Science under President Barack Obama (2011).
Dr. Koonin was a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech and served as Vice President and Provost for almost a decade, with more than 200 peer-reviewed works in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and policy, and climate research.
He is currently a University Professor at New York University, where he holds positions in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering, and the Physics Department. The US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the JASON organization of scientists that tackle technical challenges for the US government are among Dr. Koonin's memberships.
He has been a trustee of the Institute for Defense Analyses since 2014, and from 2014 to 2019, he chaired the National Academies' Divisional Committee for Engineering and Physical Sciences. He presently serves as an independent governor of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and has previously held positions of equivalent importance at the Los Alamos, Sandia, Brookhaven, and Argonne National Laboratories.
Introduction
The media, politicians, and other influential voices have declared that "the science is settled" on climate change. In truth, misunderstanding and disinformation have tainted the long game of telephone from study to reports to the public media.
The fundamental concerns of how the climate is responding to our influence and what the consequences will be are mostly unsolved. Climate change is happening, but the why and how aren't as obvious as you may have been led to believe.
Now, one of America's most illustrious scientists is attempting to dispel the haze by explaining what science actually says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate.
Steven Koonin draws on his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—in Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters to deliver up-to-date insights and professional perspective free of political agendas.
This fascinating, clear-headed, and full-of-surprises book equips readers with the knowledge and skills they need to better comprehend the climate crisis and to be more savvy consumers of science media in general.
