Runaway Planet

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Runaway Planet

How Global Warming is already changing the Earth

Environmental policy and protocols Climate change

Author: The Washington Post

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Language: English

Published by: Diversion Books

Published on: 6th December 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781682302798


Saving the world won''t happen on the silver screen

In our fragile ecosystem, climate change is swiftly becoming the defining issue of how to prepare—and protect—the earth for the future.

The climate change debate

Raged on in America in 2015, but the facts and the science now show irrefutably that our world is rapidly changing, and that irreparable damage has already begun. From rising sea levels to the spread of disease-carrying insects, from disappearing glaciers to the hottest temperatures ever recorded, climate change as a direct result of human beings'' actions affects everyone, and for many it is a matter of life or death.

Progress and hope

But progress is being made—with an historic United Nations meeting in Paris, with pledges by over one hundred countries to reduce emissions, with simple awareness. While many changes cannot be undone, great strides can still be made to stabilize regions most likely to be affected by climate change over the course of future generations.

The role of media and science

The Washington Post tackles this issue in vivid detail, profiling those who are at the forefront of the climate change debate—and those who are in the field, promoting the causes and doing the science that both warns and advocates for a safer tomorrow, for the earth and all its inhabitants.

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