The Atlas of Climate Change:
Mapping the Worlds Greatest
Challenge (Atlas Of... (University of
California Press)) by Thomas
Downing
Well Written, Well Presented Primer On Global Warming
Todays headlines and recent events reflect the gravity of climate change.
Heat waves, droughts, and floods are bringing death to vulnerable
populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes.
Rigorous in its science and insightful in its message, this atlas examines
the causes of climate change and considers its possible impact on
subsistence, water resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, health, coastal
megacities, and cultural treasures. It reviews historical contributions to

greenhouse gas levels, progress in meeting international commitments,
and local efforts to meet the challenge of climate change.
With more than 50 full-color maps and graphics, this is an essential
resource for policy makers, environmentalists, students, and everyone
concerned with this pressing subject.
The Atlas covers a wide range of topics, including:
* Warning signs
* Future scenarios
* Vulnerable populations
* Health
* Renewable energy
* Emissions reduction
* Personal and public action
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Personal Review: The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the
Worlds Greatest Challenge (Atlas Of... (University of California
Press)) by Thomas Downing
Written to be a textbook, this book is a good introductory primer into the
physical science behind global warming. There are also graphs and
discussions on what each country is doing financially (by GDP) to help
solve the problem and which countries emit carbon and at what rate. It
utilizes an extensive amount of graphs and maps, which makes it very
easy to visualize the various topics presented.
I am using this currently as a supplemental text book in a community
college class in global warming and have found it to be wonderful. It is not,
as some other reviewers have seemed to imply, the end all book on the
subject and does not delve into extreme detail into any on particular aspect
of global warming. In fact, at a mere 128 pages, I cannot see it as more
than a light treatment of the subject. What is does is supplement other
textbooks which contain more discussion and less visualization.
This would be a good book for those interested in global warming but that
have a hard time visualizing the issues. Combined with other, more
detailed books, this would provide excellent information. This would also

be recommended as text for us in a high school or college introductory
environmental science class.
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