Book Review - Climate Change
Climate Change: Picturing the Science by Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe; W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.; New York, New York (soft cover); $24.95; 2009.This is an inspired work, teaming the talents of NASA scientist Schmidt with camera-shooting Wolfe. What's captured here are snapshots attendant with words from leading experts on climate change here on Earth.
No matter which science camp you're in, be it a climate change believer or doubter, you'll find this a compelling and captivating book that frames the situation, quite literally.
Essays by climate scientists set the stage for what they sense is the nature of "human-induced" alternations of our planet's climate. This volume is subdivided into three sections: symptoms, diagnosis, and possible cures. Preventative planetary care is one theme of this eye-catching book, a collection that's both a good read and rife with photos of scientists attempting to grapple with our planet's future.
Be it retreating glaciers, changing weather patterns, missing-in-action permafrost or impacts on Earth's biology, this book draws you in on the on-going dialog regarding the state of our planet.
You'll find an end-of-the-book resource listing that'll keep you engaged in this hot button topic. But what this book does best is give you a sense of people that care - scientists around the planet that are trying to wrestle with humankind's impact and destiny on and within the Earth's complex and fragile biosphere.For more information on this book, go to:
http://www.wwnorton.co.uk/book.html?id=2264
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