The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge

by Kirstin Dow

Today’s 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.

The atlas covers a wide range of topics, including

* warning signs

* future scenarios

* vulnerable populations

* health

* renewable energy

* emissions reduction

* personal and public action

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.



Myriad Editions Limited

Genres: Environment, Science, Nonfiction, Climate Change, Global Warming, Geography

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you just wanted to look at the statistics of climate change, then this book would serve that purpose, but if you wanting something a little more indepth, then i would suggest looking at the following book:

The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change 2e Paperback – 9 Apr 2019
by Robert Henson. This book will provide you with a more thorough look at how climate change is affecting our beautiful planet

[Benjamin Fasching-Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the 2011 third edition and I found myself repeatedly checking the alarming things in here with the current data and getting more alarmed because of course everything is way worse than it was ten years ago because we as a species have done almost nothing even though the science has been alarming since the 90s at least.

In terms of the visual presentation of data I thought the book was a little weak. I think they could have had more data and a more exciting presentation. Their default thing is a world map with little info boxes pointing to places where something interesting is happening. Like the page about Agriculture, big map of the world with colors for how much of each country's CO2 is from agriculture, and then at the bottom of the page, a pie chart of which GHG agriculture produces and from which practices... instead of the other way around... which would be big pie chart of what agricultural aspects produces the most CO2 equivalent gas, and then what countries are doing the most of that. Then you could be like, OK, country X, stop doing that thing. Anyway, the charts and maps are cool and all but not mindblowing and don't help you to make you decisions about what policies are most urgent in your area or what you can do personally.

The next edition is or will be no doubt much better. The slimness and mostly visual communication make it a palatable pill for an overwhelming topic, and the general optimism of this atlas might help healthier people than me to not despair.

[Anna Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Climate change and what people are doing to affect it in both positive and negative ways.

[Lucile Barker · Rating 3 out of 5]

93. The Atlas of climate change: Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge by Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing
A well put together book, and great illustrations, but it didn’t give me what I wanted. Perhaps one should not be reading this in the aftermath of Harvey and Irma, as well as a summer of Toronto flooding. I just want to see when we’re gonna drown. Lots of facts, but no punch. Or maybe too many for me.

[Kristian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent coverage of information, good enough visuals to help explain, uses as up to date of sources as possible. Will need to refresh frequently to keep the information current, let's hope that they can.

[Kris Wijoyo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku dari bos bokap gw pak Juwono Sudarsono...gw baca2 nih buku bagus bikin gw sadar bahwa dunia makin padet dan makin berhubungan

[Johnny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an actual atlas. No story, other then whats presented in the maps. I really like the graphic design of the atlases this publisher makes. Fun just to look at the design and informative.

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

i somehow hoped for more from this book...but there are some good "tools" for teaching climate change.

[Nicholas Whyte]

The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge (Atlas Of... (University of California Press)) by Kirstin Dow (2007)

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive and pictorally accurate digest of current environmental and global issues.