|
Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues
|
Buy Now
The Rise of Climate Science - A Memoir (Hardcover, New edition)
Loot Price: R907
Discovery Miles 9 070
You Save: R84
(8%)
|
|
|
The Rise of Climate Science - A Memoir (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, sponsored by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
In a career spanning four decades, Gerald R. North contributed
groundbreaking research that continues to shape the modern field of
climate science. However, the route he has taken was full of
surprising twists and turns that included hate mail, eavesdropping
by the KGB, and sometimes acrimonious debate with climate-change
deniers. North's significant contributions to the field include his
innovative 'toy model' analysis of climate change based on
ingeniously simplified models and his lead proposal for and
successful approval of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) satellite. Launched in 1997, the TRMM's purpose was to
collect data on the global climate system. The TRMM operated
successfully for 17 years before it was deactivated in 2015. In The
Rise of Climate Science, North recounts in detail his life in the
vanguard of modern climate science. He offers an insider look at
the academic research and government initiatives around global
warming and what that means for the planet. He includes stories of
conversations with top Soviet climate scientists at the height of
the Cold War in the late 1970s - complete with clandestine
electronic surveillance. He also describes the experience of
testifying before Congress and engaging in public exchanges with
those who doubted the reality of the phenomenon his research field
described. Climatology today has advanced into a mature phase. This
book is an important contribution to understanding its development
in the twentieth century and adds a distinctly human face and
sensibility to the ongoing societal conversation around climate
change and its implications for our future.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
