Unsettled - What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters (Koonin Steven E.)(Pevná vazba)

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER. 2022 IPPY AWARDS GOLD MEDALIST -- SCIENCE. NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALIST -- POLITICAL. 2021 WORLD MAGAZINE ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR -- HONORABLE MENTION. 'Unsettled is a remarkable book -- probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson -- that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in depth.' -- Claremont Review of Books; '[Unsettled] is no polemic. It's a plea for understanding how scientists extract clarity from complexity.' -- Wall Street Journal; 'Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.' 'Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.' 'Climate change will be an economic disaster.' You've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading. When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that 'the science is settled.' In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions -- about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be -- remain largely unanswered. The climate is changing, but the why and how aren't as clear as you've probably been led to believe. Now, one of America's most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate.
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