What we know about climate change
by Kerry A. Emanuel · first published 2012
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"Kerry Emanuel explains the basic science of global warming to non-experts and shows why it is very difficult to predict when it will have a dramatic effect on the climate. Emanuel warns of more intense hurricanes, flooding, and the advancing of deserts, and he calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases. He also blasts the media for underreporting the dangers of global warming. The second edition is updated throughout and covers two main developments that have occurred since publication of the first edition. The first development is the next round of the International Panel on Climate
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The single, best general audience easy read on the basics of why we know the planet is warming due to human greenhouse gas emissions is Kerry Emanuel's ["What we know about climate change"](https://www.amazon.com/What-About-Climate-Change-Press/dp/02...).
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