TY - BOOK ID - 145821818 TI - Less heat, more light : a guided tour of weather, climate, and climate change PY - 2023 SN - 0300259433 9780300259438 PB - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Climatology KW - Weather KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatologie. KW - Temps (météorologie) KW - Changements climatiques. KW - Temps (météorologie) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145821818 AB - Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental topics of our day. To answer criticisms and synthesize available information, scientists have been driven to devise increasingly complex models of the climate system. This book conveys that the basics of climate and climate change have been known for decades, and that relatively simple descriptions can capture the major features of the climate system and help the general public understand what controls climate and weather, and how both might be changing. Renowned environmental scientist and educator John D. Aber distills what he has learned from a long fascination with weather and climate, the process of science, and the telling of the story of science. This is not a book about policies and politics. Instead, it explores how weather happens, how it relates to climate, and how science has been used to answer major questions about the Earth as a system and inform policies that have reversed environmental degradation. By providing a guided tour of the science of weather, this thoughtful survey will contribute clarity and rationality to the public understanding of climate change. ER -