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The Change in the Weather - Softcover

Stevens, William K.

 
9780385320078: The Change in the Weather

Synopsis

A science reporter for The New York Times takes a close-up look at the world's changing weather patterns, arguing that we are on the brink of a new era in climate, one marked by extremes, in a thoughtful study of global forces of nature at work and their impact on human society. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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About the Author

William K. Stevens is a science reporter for The New York Times. The author of Miracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in America, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

From the Inside Flap

d with a new afterword, including information on the warmest winter of the century.

Is something going on with the weather?

A record-setting heat wave that just won't release its blistering grip...balmy winter weeks followed by a sudden crippling snowstorm...torrential rainfalls deluging areas untouched by flood for decades....And coast-to-coast, an endless parade of dramatically televised weather disasters -- each seemingly more extreme than the last.

Examining today's headline-making questions through the authoritative lens of science and history, New York Times science reporter William K. Stevens offers this definitive look at the science of climatic change. He introduces us to the international community of scientists whose newfound consensus -- the earth is indeed getting warmer, and human activity is at least partially at fault -- remains a topic of fierce debate.

How did we get here? How much worse will it get? How dramat

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