CLIMATE PERIL: THE INTELLIGENT READER’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Book ID/图书代码： 07072015B82995
English Summary/英文概要： Climate Peril wrestles with these momentous issues and shows why climate change is deeply worrisome for civilization, humanity and the environment. In doing so, Climate Peril takes readers on a futuristic, science-based tour of the overheated world we’re hurtling towards in 2100 A.D. and explains what we could do to save the climate and protect ourselves.
The book offers readers an intimate look at the human consequences of recent extreme weather—heat waves, floods, and fires—that afflicted every continent in 2013. Climate change, the author shows, is already causing millions of illnesses, injuries, and deaths.
As Climate Peril thoughtfully explores the causes and risks of the world’s current climate change, we the readers gradually discern that its effects are likely to be longer-lasting, more immediate, and even worse than we had imagined. They include the possibility of exterminating half the species on Earth, destroying the Amazon rain forest, degrading the ocean, and plunging vast areas of the Earth into drought and intolerable heat, as well as more frequent extreme-weather events.
Scientifically sound and meticulously researched, this book thus makes the meaning of climate change accessible in a powerful way, even to nonscientists. Dr. Tim Flannery, Chief Councillor of the Australian Climate Council and author of the bestseller The Weather Makers calls Climate Peril, “A brilliant book, and one that might just change the world. By far the best overview of climate science and its implications for our planet that I’ve ever read.”
Climate Peril has an introduction by award-winning scientists Dr. Paul and Anne Ehrlich, and a foreword by Dr. Ben Santer, formerly of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Peril is the second of author John J. Berger’s three-book climate series. (Volume 1, Climate Myths, focuses on the political campaign waged against climate science. Volume 3, Climate Solutions (forthcoming), shows how to create a climate-safe world by radically transforming global energy, transportation, and land-use practices.)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书直面各种重大问题，说明了为什么气候变化对文明、人类和环境来说都是令人担忧的。本书带领读者踏上一段基于科学的未来之旅，来到了2100年过热的地球，并告诉大家应该采取哪些措施拯救气候，保护人类。
本书带领读者近距离感受极端气候对人来带来的后果——热浪、洪水、大火。作者标明，气候变化已经导致了数以百万计的疾病、受伤和死亡。
本书有充分的科学依据和细致的调查，能够让非科学家的一般读者都深刻理解气候变化的意义。
本书的简介由获奖科学家Dr. Paul和Anne Ehrlic执笔，由气候变化专家Ben Santer撰写前言。是作者John J. Berger的气候三部曲系列的第二本。（第一本《气候神话》聚焦于反对气候科学的政治运动；第三本《气候解决方案》（待出版）聚焦于如何通过改革全球能源、交通、土地使用创造一个气候安全的世界。）（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：本书获得了第6届国际图书奖科学奖
Climate Peril Wins 6th International Book Awards in Science.
About the Author/作者介绍： John J. Berger博士，国际知名能源及环境政策专家，已经出版了10本有关气候、能源、自然资源的图书。为国家科学院、财富500强企业、美国国会等提供咨询意见。他的新闻稿在百余份报纸及杂志上发表。访问www.johnjberger.com了解更多详细信息。
John J. Berger, Ph.D., is an internationally known energy and environmental policy expert who has produced ten books on climate, energy, and natural resources. Dr. Berger has consulted to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit groups, and governmental organizations, including the U.S. Congress. His journalistic writing has appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines. For more details, see www.johnjberger.com.
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