CO2 Rising

The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge

Autori

• Tyler Volk

Parametri

• 240 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Saggistica
• Scienza

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The book delves into the global carbon cycle, illustrating how human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion, disrupt this essential system and contribute to climate change. Through the journey of carbon atoms, it vividly explains their paths from nature to human consumption, highlighting the stark contrast between natural and anthropogenic carbon fluxes. In the latter half, it poses critical questions about future CO2 levels, energy systems, and global equity in emissions, emphasizing the urgent challenges we face in addressing these environmental issues.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2010

(In brossura)