TY - BOOK ID - 77900339 TI - The Discovery of Global Warming PY - 2008 SN - 0674417550 9780674417557 067403189X 9780674031890 9780674031890 067403189X 0674268296 PB - Cambridge, MA DB - UniCat KW - Global warming KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate KW - Climate science KW - Climate sciences KW - Science of climate KW - Atmospheric science KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Warming, Global KW - Global temperature changes KW - Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric KW - History. KW - International cooperation. KW - Environmental aspects KW - Global environmental change KW - Global warming - History. KW - Climatic changes - History. KW - Climatology - International cooperation. KW - klimaatverandering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900339 AB - In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion was the story Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science. 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 two 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. "Charting the evolution and confirmation of the theory [of global warming], Weart dissects the interwoven threads of research and reveals the political and societal subtexts that colored scientists' views and the public reception their work ­received." -Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times Book Review ER -