2. Climate Change: The Basics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: Why We Wrote This Book ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Science: How It Works 1
6. 2. Climate Change: The Basics 15
7. 3. Why Should I Give a Damn? 31
8. 4. The Stages of Denial 53
9. 5. The War on Climate Science 69
10. 6. Hypocrisy—Thy Name Is Climate Change Denial 91
11. 7. Geoengineering, or “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” 117
12. 8. A Path Forward 131
13. Notes 151
14. Index 175