Angry weather : heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change

Otto, Friederike (author.). Brackel, Benjamin von, (author.). Pybus, Sarah, (translator.). David Suzuki Institute, (sponsoring body.).

Summary: "Massive fires, widespread floods, Category 4 hurricanes--shocking weather disasters dominate news headlines every year, but not everyone agrees on what causes them. Renowned University of Oxford researcher Friederike Otto provides an answer with attribution science, a revolutionary method for pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events. Anchoring her book with the gripping, day-by-day story of Hurricane Harvey, which caused over a hundred deaths and

Record details

ISBN: 9781771646147
Physical Description: xv, 243 pages ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Vancouver [British Columbia] ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in Germany in 2019 as Wütendes wetter: Auf der Suche nach den Schuldigen für Hitzewellen, Hochwasser und Stürme"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: The new weather -- 1. A new branch of research. Cause and effect: how we created our weather ; Sowing the seeds of doubt: climate change deniers ; Revolution in climate science: turning the field on its head ; The human factor: calculating the influence of climate change on the weather ; Heat waves, downpours, and more: the role of climate change in the weather -- 2. Consequences: the power of attribution science. Ignore climate change and suffer its wrath ; Facts not fatalism: identifying the causes of disasters in order to act ; A question of justice: the cost of climate change and the responsibilities of industrialized countries ; Countries and corporations on trial ; Climate change in everyday life: seeing the weather from a new perspective -- Epilogue.
Language Note:	Translated from the German.