Climate Change For Dummies. Elizabeth May

of Fossil Fuels as Humanity’s Main Source of Energy Understanding How Disruption Can Be Accelerated Getting There from Here: A Conversation among Citizens

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change Greening Your Car Upgrading Major Appliances Buttoning Up Your House Making Your Daily Living More Energy Efficient Going Vegetarian or Vegan (Sort of) Reducing Food Waste Supporting Clean, Renewable Energy Being a Smart Investor and Encouraging Smart Disinvestment Getting (or Making) a Green Collar Job Helping To Make Change Where You Live Spreading the Word Chapter 19: Ten (Plus Three) Inspiring Leaders in the Fight Arnold Schwarzenegger Angela Merkel Mia Amor Mottley Bill McKibben George Monbiot Sheila Watt-Cloutier Elizabeth Wathuti Greta Thunberg Michael Mann Katharine Hayhoe James Hansen Bill Gates Nandita Bakhshi Chapter 20: Top Ten Myths about Climate Change Debunked Knowing That a Debate Doesn’t Exist among Scientists Recognizing That Human Activity Has Caused Current Global Warming Looking into the Danger of Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Discovering the Truth about Sunspots Understanding That Scientists Don’t Exaggerate to Get More Funding Grasping the Misconceptions about the Science of Global Warming Thinking It’s All Your Fault Considering You Can’t Do Anything about It Pinning the Blame on Developing Countries Isn’t Realistic Living with Climate Change — and Doing Something about It Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Online Climate Change Resources National Geographic Three Other Kid-Friendly Sites Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Analysis Indicators Tool Canada’s Environment and Climate Change The U.K.’s Climate Challenge Environmental Protection Agency The International Energy Agency Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change

      11  Index

      12  About the Authors

      13  Connect with Dummies

      14  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Global Warming Potential of GHGs

      2 Chapter 10TABLE 10-1 Low-Carbon Cities

      3 Chapter 14TABLE 14-1 Businesses Reducing GHG Emissions

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The greenhouse effect in action. FIGURE 2-2: The carbon cycle. FIGURE 2-3: The relationship between carbon dioxide and the oceans. FIGURE 2-4: The process of photosynthesis. FIGURE 2-5: How trees and soil work side-by-side with carbon dioxide. FIGURE 2-6: Water evaporates and lingers in the atmosphere.

      2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Clouds reflect light during the day and hold in surface heat overni...FIGURE 3-2: Drilling for an ice core sample. FIGURE 3-3: GHG levels and temperature fluctuations over the past 420,000 years...FIGURE 3-4: Effects from climate change will intensify as temperatures rise.

      3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: How fossil fuel is created.

      4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Burning carbon, in the form of coal, to create electricity. FIGURE 5-2: Where an inadequately insulated building loses heating and cooling....

      5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Passenger cars lead the way in terms of GHG emissions. FIGURE 6-2: Where you use energy in your home.

      6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Projected sea level rise. FIGURE 7-2: Mountain glaciers provide freshwater. FIGURE 7-3: World ocean currents. FIGURE 7-4: Simplified flow patterns of the Gulf Stream. FIGURE 7-5: White ice reflects heat, but dark water absorbs it. FIGURE 7-6: Positive feedback loops that global warming might cause.

      7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Phytoplankton are the critical food source in the entire ocean food...FIGURE 8-2: How climate change could continue to affect ecosystems.

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