| ATMOSPHERE OF HOPE Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis Tim Flannery New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, October 2015 |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-8021-2406-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-8021-2406-2 | 245pp. | HC/GSI | $27.00 | |
| Introduction | ix | |
| PART ONE: CLIMATE SCIENCE | ||
| Chapter 1 | The Weather Makers: Right or Wrong? | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | The Waters of a Warming World | 21 |
| Chapter 3 | Ominously Acid Oceans | 35 |
| Chapter 4 | How Are the Animals Doing? | 43 |
| Chapter 5 | The Great Climatic Event Horizon | 55 |
| PART TWO: THE KNIFE BLADE WE PERCH ON | ||
| Chapter 6 | The Great Disconnect | 69 |
| Chapter 7 | Coal: Decline of a Giant | 78 |
| Chapter 8 | What Future, Oil? | 89 |
| Chapter 9 | Gas: Last Hurrah or Bridge ot the Future? | 96 |
| Chapter 10 | Divestment and the Carbon Bubble | 105 |
| Chapter 11 | Where's Nuclear? | 113 |
| Chapter 12 | Sunlight and Wind: Winning the Race | 119 |
| Chapter 13 | At Last, EVs | 127 |
| PART THREE: FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE | ||
| Chapter 14 | Adapting? | 135 |
| Chapter 15 | Geoengineering: A Way Out? | 140 |
| Chapter 16 | The Gigatonne Challenge | 151 |
| Chapter 17 | Silicate Rocks, Cement and Smart Chemistry | 167 |
| Chapter 18 | The New Carbon Capture and Storage | 177 |
| Chapter 19 | The 2030 Challenge | 185 |
| Chapter 20 | Deadline 2050 | 200 |
| Chapter 21 | The Growing Power of the Individual | 205 |
| Envoi | 212 | |
| Organizations Fighting for a Better Climate | 214 | |
| Acknowledgements | 216 | |
| Endnotes | 217 | |
| Index | 239 | |
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