Drought, flood, fire : how climate change contributes to catastrophes / Chris Funk, University of California, Santa Barbara.
| Author/creator | Funk, Christopher author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Climate Extremes, Climate Attribution, Extreme Event Attribution -- Introduction -- Exploring Recent Extremes -- Extreme Event Attribution and Prediction -- Book Structure and Intent -- 2 Welcome to an Awesome Planet: A Series of Delicate Balances Support Earth's Fragile Flame -- Enabling Occurrence 1: Balanced Dark Energy and Gravity -- Enabling Occurrence 2: A Green Galaxy -- Enabling Occurrence 3: Good Galactic Real Estate -- Enabling Occurrence 4: A Very Nice Star -- Enabling Occurrence 5: A Very Nice Atmosphere -- Enabling Occurrence 6: The Hadley and Walker Circulations -- Enabling Occurrence 7: Amazing Life -- Welcome to an Awesome Planet -- 3 The Earth Is a Negentropic System, or ''the Bright Side of Empty'' -- Principle 1: Emptiness Bad -- Principle 2: Energy Gradients Make Stuff Happen -- or Not -- Conclusion -- 4 Do-It-Yourself Climate Change Science -- Observational Evidence for Climate Change -- 5 Temperature Extremes -- Impacts and Attribution: Shocks, Exposure, and Vulnerability -- Small Changes Can Dramatically Increase the Chance of Extremes -- How Extreme Have Temperatures Been in 2015-2019? -- Quantifying Increases in Exposure to Extreme Air Temperatures -- Can We Attribute a Portion of These Impacts to Climate Change? -- Explosive Interactions with Future Population Growth -- Conclusion -- 6 Precipitation Extremes: Observations and Impacts -- Introduction -- A Conceptual Model of Temperature: Water Vapor Relationships -- Examining the Data -- 2015-2019 Impacts of Extreme Precipitation -- Climate Change Projections -- 7 Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons -- Complexities Surrounding Cyclone Attribution and Detection -- Storyline-Based Attribution Studies: An Example for Houston -- Conclusion: Climate Change Is Hurting People Now. |
| Contents | 8 Conceptual Models of Climate Change and Prediction, and How They Relate to Floods and Fires -- Introduction -- Contrasting ''Bathtub'' Warming with Energy Convergence Patterns -- Exceptional Flooding and Temperatures in 2019 -- Climate Change? -- Conceptual Models Can Lead to Rapid Transformation -- 9 Climate Change Made the 2015-2016 El Niño More Extreme -- Hunger, El Niño, and the Southern Oscillation -- Attributing Potential Climate Change Impacts on the 2015/2016 El Niño -- 10 Bigger La Niñas and the East African Climate Paradox -- Did Climate Change Make the 2017 East Africa Drought More Intense? -- Did Climate Change Make the 2017 March-to-May Drought More Intense? -- Putting the Pieces Together -- 11 Fire and Drought in the Western United States -- 2017 -- 2018 -- 12 Fire and Australia's Black Summer -- Conclusion -- 13 Driving toward +4C on a Dixie® Cup Planet -- Representative Concentration Pathways -- Examining the Global Carbon Budget -- Summarizing the Known Unknowns -- 14 We Can Afford to Wear a White Hat -- Why Our Human ''Time Bomb'' Can Be a Good Thing -- Appendix A Few Resources for Further Reading and Research -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Index. |
| Abstract | "Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: NOW. This book describes how and why climate change is already fomenting dire consequences, and will certainly make climate disasters worse in the near future. Chris Funk combines the latest science with compelling stories, providing a timely, accessible, and beautifully-written synopsis of this critical topic. The book describes our unique and fragile Earth system, and the negative impacts humans are having on our support systems. It then examines recent disasters, including heat waves, extreme precipitation, hurricanes, fires, El Niños and La Niñas, and their human consequences. By clearly describing the dangerous impacts that are already occurring, Funk provides a clarion call for social change, yet also conveys the beauty and wonder of our planet, and hope for our collective future"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version : Funk, Chris C. Drought, flood, fire. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108839877 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020056636 |
| ISBN | 9781108885348 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1108885349 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781108881159 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1108881157 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |