The Discovery of Global Warming: Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674031890)

The award-winning book is now revised and expanded.

In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion--by way of unexpected twists and turns--was the story Spencer Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. Now he brings his award-winning account up to date, revised throughout to reflect the latest science and with a new conclusion that shows how the scientific consensus caught fire among the general world public, and how a new understanding of the human meaning of climate change spurred individuals and governments to action.

Author: Spencer R. Weart
ISBN-10: 067403189X
ISBN-13: 9780674031890
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2008
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.00w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2009