The Discovery of Global Warming
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The Discovery of Global Warming

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Spencer R. Weart

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The Discovery of Global Warming

Revised and Expanded Edition

Spencer R. Weart

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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 conclusionā€”by way of unexpected twists and turnsā€”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.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780674417557
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences
CO
ConcentrationĀ 
(p.p.m.)
2
MonthĀ 
and
Year
1957
1958
1959
1960
9
315
310
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
SouthĀ 
Pole
DownwindĀ 
Cruise
Little
America
CO
ConcentrationĀ 
(p.p.m.)
2
MaunaĀ 
LoaĀ 
Observatory,
Hawaii
Monthly
AverageĀ 
CarbonĀ 
DioxideĀ 
Concentration
DataĀ 
fromĀ 
ScrippsĀ 
CO
ProgramĀ 
LastĀ 
updatedĀ 
NovemberĀ 
2007
2
390
380
370
360
350
340
330
320
310
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Year
Figure
1.
the
rise
of
carbon
dioxide
in
the
atmosphere.
Upper:
A
rising
level
of
CO
2
in
the
atmosphere
was
ļ¬rst
demonstrated
in
1960
in
Antarctica,
visible
after
only
two
years
of
measurements.
(C.
D.
Keeling,
Tellus
12
[1960]:
200,
reproduced
by
permission.)
Lower:
The
ā€œKeeling
curveā€
of
CO
2
measured
at
Mauna
Loa,
Hawaii,
through
ļ¬ve
decades.
Within
the
long-term
rise
are
annual
ļ¬‚uctuations
as
Northern
Hemisphere
plants
take
up
carbon
dur-
ing
summer
growth
and
release
it
in
winter
decay.
(Scripps
Institution
of
Ocean-
ography,
reproduced
by
permission.)

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. How Could Climate Change?
  4. 2. Discovering a Possibility
  5. 3. A Delicate System
  6. 4. A Visible Threat
  7. 5. Public Warnings
  8. 6. The Erratic Beast
  9. 7. Breaking into Politics
  10. 8. Speaking Science to Power
  11. 9. The Work Completed . . . and Begun
  12. Reflections
  13. Milestones
  14. Notes
  15. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Weart, S. (2008). The Discovery of Global Warming ([edition unavailable]). Harvard University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2584351/the-discovery-of-global-warming-revised-and-expanded-edition-pdf (Original work published 2008)

Chicago Citation

Weart, Spencer. (2008) 2008. The Discovery of Global Warming. [Edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2584351/the-discovery-of-global-warming-revised-and-expanded-edition-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Weart, S. (2008) The Discovery of Global Warming. [edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2584351/the-discovery-of-global-warming-revised-and-expanded-edition-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Weart, Spencer. The Discovery of Global Warming. [edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press, 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.