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Introduction: The Buzz about Global Warming xi
Part 1 Earth and the Carbon Connection 1
Chapter 1 Earth's Carbon Cycle and You 3
Carbon as one of the keys to controlling Earth's atmosphere
Call to Action: Lead the Green Charge 9
Chapter 2 The Ocean in the Sky 10
Layers in Earth's atmosphere and what is in the air we breathe
Call to Action: Energy Star 20
Chapter 3 The Greenhouse Story 21
CO2 in a positive-feedback loop, in carbon sinks, and as absorbed in the ocean
Call to Action: Start a Low-Carbon Car Diet Today 29
Chapter 4 A Grand Discovery 31
Milankovitch's theory of glaciation based on Earth's tilt, orbit, and wobble
Call to Action: Happy (Green) Holidays! 38
Chapter 5 Time's Gateways 40
Correlating events in the geologic record to environmental evidence found in ancient rock and ice cores
Call to Action: Plug the Leaks 48
Chapter 6 Markers of Change 49
Examining ancient evidence for shifts between ice ages and warm interglacial periods
Call to Action: The Sweater Test 59
Chapter 7 An Energy Blast from the Past 60
Obtaining and burning fossil fuels
Call to Action: Reduce the Hidden Oil in Your Life 68
Part 2 Endangered Habitats 71
Chapter 8 The Unraveling World 73
Julia Cole's magic gates mark changes in the patterns of EI Niños and La Niña, wind and water currents, and ecosystems on land
Call to Action: Time to See the Light 84
Chapter 9 Peril at the Poles 86
Changing ecosystems in the Antarctic and Arctic and effects on animal populations
Interview: Testament to Environmental Changes on Baffin Island 90
Call to Action: Choose Green Power 95
Chapter 10 Australia's Great Stumpy Reef? 96
Coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef
Call to Action: Urge Local Businesses to See the Light 104
Chapter 11 A Warning from the Golden Toad 106
Evidence of climate-induced extinctions from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
Call to Action: Save the Animals 114
Chapter 12 Liquid Gold: Changes in Rainfall 116
Floods and droughts in Africa's Sahel, Southwest Australia, and the American West
Call to Action: Eat Locally 127
Chapter 13 Weather Gone Wild 128
The tropopause and extreme-weather events 128
Interview: Katrina Survivor Now Takes Hurricane Warnings Seriously 132
Call to Action: Energy-Smart Schools 138
Chapter 14 The Rising Ocean 139
Sea level rise caused by thermal expansion; melting sea ice, ice shelves, and land ice; and heat from changes to Earth's albedo
Call to Action: Is Your Home Adequately Insulated? 151
Chapter 15 Leveling the Mountains 152
Climbing temperatures, climbing habitats—what is the height of extinction? 152
Call to Action: The Phantom in Your House 157
Part 3 What's to Come? 159
Chapter 16 Model Worlds 161
Global circulation models and the science and accuracy of predicting Earth's climatic future
Call to Action: Computer Conservation 172
Chapter 17 A Dangerous Commitment 173
Can Earth's climate be stabilized?
Call to Action: Use Recycled Paper 177
Chapter 18 Fleeing Climate Change 178
Migration or extinction of flora and fauna
Call to Action: Stop the Junk Mail 184
Chapter 19 Three Tipping Points 185
Collapse of the Gulf Stream, collapse of the Amazon rain forest, and methane release from the seafloor
Call to Action: Celebrate Arbor Day 194
Chapter 20 Civilization: Big City versus Small Town 195
Relationship of climate variability to population size and sustainability
Call to Action: Stop Pouring Energy Down the Drain 202
Chapter 21 The Ozone Hole: A Success Story 204
Causes and health effects of a hole in the ozone and how the Montreal Protocol worked
Call to Action: Make Your Voice Heard—Make Your Vote Count 210
Chapter 22 The Kyoto Protocol 212
Setting limits on CO2 emissions, the U.S. stance, and the cost of doing nothing 212
Call to Action: Can It! 220
Chapter 23 What to Believe? 222
Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Interview: Building a Portable, Eco-Friendly House 223
Call to Action: Read, Learn, Decide 229
Chapter 24 Engineering Solutions 230
Geosequestration, coal gasification, sustainable agriculture, and animal husbandry
Call to Action: Bag That Bag! 235
Chapter 25 So What's the Story with Fuel? 237
Oil to natural gas to hydrogen and effects on carbon emissions
Call to Action: Time to Hang Out 243
Chapter 26 Soar with the Wind—Bask in the Sun 244
Sustainable renewable energy sources
Call to Action: A Tip from Down Under 250
Chapter 27 What about Nuclear? 251
Expense, risks, and disposal of nuclear waste; geothermal energy alternative
Call to Action: The Virgin Earth Challenge: $25 Million Prize 258
Chapter 28 Hybrids, MiniCATS, and Contrails 259
Decarbonizing our transportation systems
Call to Action: Your First Set of Wheels 264
Chapter 29 We Took Action 265
Alaska Youth for Environmental Action 266
Portsmouth Abbey School 269
The Seattle Public Library 273
Northern Illinois University 276
Source Notes 281
Bibliography 289
Credits 298
Index 300
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Richard F Camacho
reviewed We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change on September 30, 2020
We Are the Weather Makers
This would make a good introductory book for middle-school to high-school aged children. It hits all the wavetops of our understanding of the issue pretty well.
The weakness comes in the "solutions" offered after every chapter. Most action items are just feel-good things you can change rather than something that would actually help. One suggestion to reducing your oil consumption is to buy shampoo that contains no petrochemicals. Seriously? Unless you have the haircare needs of Rapunzel, holding in a fart probably does more for the planet.
Flannery completely fails to mention some of the most alarming problems looming on the horizon such as developing countries with enormous populations exploding into modernity with little to no concern for the environment, or the massively nasty pollution from cargo and cruise ships.
He also omits the single largest thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint - have one fewer child. Having a single child will end up pumping more carbon into the air than 120 people switching to a hybrid (Environmental Research Letters, Seth Wynes, 2017). Do authors just not mention this because it would be controversial?
Books that provide life advice on reducing your carbon footprint need to provide actual solutions instead of all of these feel-good actions if they want to affect any sort of change. If not, they are just asking you to mop the streets in the rain.
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