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Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa
Lucas, Mike, Scholes, Bob, Scholes, Mary
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Description for Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa
Paperback. Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. Three leading South African scientists who have worked on the issue for over two decades help you to make sense of this topic. Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa takes the form of 55 "frequently-asked questions", each with a brief, clear scientifically up-to-date reply. Num Pages: 260 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 567.
These and many other questions are answered in this full-colour illustrated book.
Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. Three leading South African scientists who have worked on the issue for over two decades help you to make sense of this topic. Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa takes the form of 55 ‘frequently-asked questions’, each with a brief, clear scientifically up-to-date reply. The authors’ introduction provides an overview of current national and international policies aimed at regulating climate change. The four main sections take you through the science of how the climate system works, the projected impacts in Southern Africa during the 21st century, what this means for South African society, and what can be done to avoid harm.
The profuse illustrations and local examples help to explain complex issues in simple terms. The book is aimed at interested but non-scientist readers, including business people, decision-makers and students, and is very timely in relating to impending international treaties and national efforts to avoid the worst consequences of a changing climate.
The year 2015 is regarded as a watershed for global climate change action if a global average temperature rise of more than two degrees above the pre-Industrial level is to be avoided. This book provides compelling evidence that the impact on agriculture, fisheries, water resources, human health, plants and animals as well as sea levels will be dangerous. However, the book ends on a positive note by offering advice on how the world can avoid such bleak outcomes, while allowing a good life for all.
- How do greenhouse gases regulate the Earth’s temperature?
- How hot will it get?
- Will South Africa run out of water?
- Isn’t climate change just part of a long-term natural cycle?
- Do cow-farts really cause global warming?
- Is sea-level rise something to worry about?
- Will marine fisheries collapse?
- Can solar and wind power meet our energy needs?
- How can I reduce my carbon footprint?
- Is there any chance of runaway global warming?
These and many other questions are answered in this full-colour illustrated book.
Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. Three leading South African scientists who have worked on the issue for over two decades help you to make sense of this topic. Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa takes the form of 55 ‘frequently-asked questions’, each with a brief, clear scientifically up-to-date reply. The authors’ introduction provides an overview of current national and international policies aimed at regulating climate change. The four main sections take you through the science of how the climate system works, the projected impacts in Southern Africa during the 21st century, what this means for South African society, and what can be done to avoid harm.
The profuse illustrations and local examples help to explain complex issues in simple terms. The book is aimed at interested but non-scientist readers, including business people, decision-makers and students, and is very timely in relating to impending international treaties and national efforts to avoid the worst consequences of a changing climate.
The year 2015 is regarded as a watershed for global climate change action if a global average temperature rise of more than two degrees above the pre-Industrial level is to be avoided. This book provides compelling evidence that the impact on agriculture, fisheries, water resources, human health, plants and animals as well as sea levels will be dangerous. However, the book ends on a positive note by offering advice on how the world can avoid such bleak outcomes, while allowing a good life for all.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868149186
SKU
V9781868149186
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Lucas, Mike, Scholes, Bob, Scholes, Mary
Robert (Bob) Scholes is a Professor of Systems Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has worked on the issue of climate change since 1990, and was a Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s influential assessments in 2000, 2007 and 2014. His specialty is the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems in Africa and the global climate, and he is widely regarded as a world expert in this field. Mary Scholes is a Professor in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa and is the SARChI (South African Research Chairs Initiative) chair with a focus on global change and systems analysis. Her climate change research focuses on agriculture and food security as well as impacts of acidic deposition resulting from the burning of fossil fuels. Mike Lucas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the South African and African member of the International Scientifi c Committee of Oceanic Research (SCOR), a special committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). His own research focuses on how climate change affects the marine environment, particularly the Atlantic and Southern Oceans, and how this in turn can affect global climate.
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