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Global Warming
Jul. 25th, 2005 11:49 amSo I'm reading this book, The End of Nature, by Bill McKibbon, on books on tape.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0385416040/ref=dp_proddesc_0/002-4077037-7292846?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=507846
It was published in 1989, and is as to global warming as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is/was to DDT. He's giving info on what can happen in the future and saying, even if we'd quit producing all CO a decade ago [in 1979], the changes we've made wouldn't stop having an effect until 2070. Here's what we might see: more hurricanes, hotter summers, weather patterns changing, trees & wildlife moving north seeking their temperature-appropriate niche, and more.
So I look at the Weather Channel this week. Hotter summers, a 1936 hurricane record was just broken yesterday. Hurricanes get their energy from warm water, so that means the water is warmer, which means ... okay, I'm not scientist girl, really; but MANG. This book is sobering.
You should read it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0385416040/ref=dp_proddesc_0/002-4077037-7292846?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=507846
It was published in 1989, and is as to global warming as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is/was to DDT. He's giving info on what can happen in the future and saying, even if we'd quit producing all CO a decade ago [in 1979], the changes we've made wouldn't stop having an effect until 2070. Here's what we might see: more hurricanes, hotter summers, weather patterns changing, trees & wildlife moving north seeking their temperature-appropriate niche, and more.
So I look at the Weather Channel this week. Hotter summers, a 1936 hurricane record was just broken yesterday. Hurricanes get their energy from warm water, so that means the water is warmer, which means ... okay, I'm not scientist girl, really; but MANG. This book is sobering.
You should read it.