What We Know about Climate Change - Updated with a new foreword by Bob Inglis Emanuel Kerry Professor of Atmospheric Science Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPaperback / softback

An updated edition of a guide to the basic science of climate change, and a call to action.The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--most dramatically since the 1970s. Although it is impossible to predict exactly when the most dramatic effects of global warming will be felt, he argues, we can be confident that we face real dangers. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus.In this updated edition of his authoritative book, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged.

But just as Emanuel warns that global warming will contribute to an increase in the intensity and power of hurricanes and flooding and more rapidly advancing deserts.