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Front Cover -- The Global Climate Crisis -- The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photos -- List of Textboxes and Special Reports -- Textboxes -- Special Reports -- Preface: Why read this book? -- Highlights -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 - Introduction -- Highlights -- Introduction -- Should we be concerned about global warming? -- What about solar radiation? -- The greenhouse effect -- What are the greenhouse gases? -- What are the signs of global warming? -- What are the dangers of global warming? -- Can anything be done about global warming? See Textbox 1.1 -- 2 - Dealing with global warming -- Highlights -- What is the challenge? -- Latency is a huge problem -- Global warming is not obvious to the vast majority of people -- The global economy is powered by fossil fuels -- There is a need for unprecedented and perhaps unachievable international cooperation -- All of us will have to be willing to accept changes -- What can be done? -- One -- 3 - The earth as a system -- Highlights -- Incident solar radiation -- Milankovitch cycles -- More about the greenhouse effect -- Carbon cycle -- Temperature increase-land and sea -- 4- Fundamental drivers of global warming -- Highlights -- Global population rising -- Inequities: The early role of the United States and United Kingdom -- The pivotal position of the United States -- Need to consider both absolute and per capita emissions -- GDP growth and energy use are related -- More energy will be required by developing countries -- Findings -- 5 - Evidence for a warming planet -- Highlights -- Global warming is not a new idea -- Earth's temperature is rising -- Ocean temperatures are rising -- CO2 emissions are rising -- Correlation of increasing global temperature with increasing atmospheric CO2.

Front Cover -- Reaching Net Zero -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Photographs -- Preface: Why read this book? -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Should we be concerned about global warming? -- What about solar radiation? -- The greenhouse effect -- What are the greenhouse gases? -- What are the signs of global warming? -- What are the dangers of global warming? -- Can anything be done about global warming? -- 2 Addressing global warming -- Latency is a huge problem -- Global warming is not obvious to the vast majority of people -- The global economy is powered by fossil fuels -- There is a need for unprecedented and perhaps unachievable international cooperation -- All of us will have to be willing to accept changes -- U.S. participation is essential -- What can be done? -- I -- 3 The earth as a system -- Incident solar radiation -- Milankovitch cycles -- More about the greenhouse effect -- Carbon cycle -- Temperature increase -- 4 Fundamental drivers of global warming -- Global population rising -- Inequities: the early role of the United States and the United Kingdom -- The pivotal position of the United States -- Need to consider both absolute and per capita emissions -- Gross domestic product growth and energy use are related -- More energy will be required by developing countries -- 5 How do we know global warming is real? -- Global warming is not a new idea -- CO2 emissions are rising -- Earth's temperature is rising -- Correlation of increasing global temperature with increasing atmospheric CO2 -- Ocean temperatures are rising -- Sea levels are rising -- Ocean acidification is occurring -- A message from the Arctic? -- Glaciers, ice caps, and sea ice are melting -- The permafrost is melting -- Extreme weather events are increasing -- Deserts and tropics are expanding.