{"product_id":"with-speed-and-violence-why-scientists-fear-tipping-points-in-climate-change-9780807085776","title":"With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change","description":"\u003ci\u003eNature is fragile, environmentalists often tell us. But the lesson of this book is that it is not so. The truth is far more worrying. Nature is strong and packs a serious counterpunch . . . Global warming will very probably unleash unstoppable planetary forces. And they will not be gradual. The history of our planet's climate shows that it does not do gradual change. Under pressure, whether from sunspots or orbital wobbles or the depredations of humans, it lurches-virtually overnight. --from the Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFred Pearce has been writing about climate change for eighteen years, and the more he learns, the worse things look. Where once scientists were concerned about gradual climate change, now more and more of them fear we will soon be dealing with abrupt change resulting from triggering hidden tipping points. Even President Bush's top climate modeler, Jim Hansen, warned in 2005 that \"we are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Pearce began working on this book, normally cautious scientists beat a path to his door to tell him about their fears and their latest findings. \u003ci\u003eWith Speed and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of these scientists and their work-from the implications of melting permafrost in Siberia and the huge river systems of meltwater beneath the icecaps of Greenland and Antarctica to the effects of the \"ocean conveyor\" and a rare molecule that runs virtually the entire cleanup system for the planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbove all, the scientists told him what they're now learning about the speed and violence of past natural climate change-and what it portends for our future. \u003ci\u003eWith Speed and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is the most up-to-date and readable book yet about the growing evidence for global warming and the large climatic effects it may unleash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Pearce\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from 85 countries over the past 20 years. An environment consultant at \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e magazine since 1992, he also writes regularly for \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper and Yale University's prestigious e360 website. Pearce was voted UK Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and CGIAR agricultural research journalist of the year in 2002, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2011. His many books include \u003ci\u003eFalllout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWith Speed and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an Eco-Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Population Crash\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Land Grabbers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845402890514,"sku":"9780807085776","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_916483d8-cf09-481d-85b0-989a6aacf981.jpg?v=1737350168","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/with-speed-and-violence-why-scientists-fear-tipping-points-in-climate-change-9780807085776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}