The weather of the future : heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate-changed planet
Title:
The weather of the future : heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate-changed planet
Author:
Cullen, Heidi
ISBN:
9780061726941
Publication Information:
New York : Harper, 2011, c2010
Physical Description:
xviii, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Hardcover edition published by HarperCollins in 2010.
Abstract:
From one of America's foremost experts on weather and climate change and a senior research scientist with Climate Central, comes this work, a book that predicts what different parts of the world will look like in the year 2050 if current levels of carbon emissions are maintained.
Subject:
| Weather forecasting |
| Climatic changes -- Forecasting |
| Global environmental change -- Forecasting |
| Global warming -- Forecasting |
Summary:
From one of America's foremost experts on weather and climate change and a senior research scientist with Climate Central, comes this work, a book that predicts what different parts of the world will look like in the year 2050 if current levels of carbon emissions are maintained.