Will We Survive Climate Change?: One Last Chance

By Len Frenkel

This book provides basic information about climate change and its very serious consequences, followed by a compelling and compassionate plea for all of us to change one aspect of our lives in order to save ourselves and most life on the planet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jun 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483433448

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WILL WE SURVIVE CLIMATE CHANGE?

One Last Chance

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Len Frenkel

Copyright © 2015 Len Frenkel.

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-3345-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-3344-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015909781

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To all life on our one and only home, Earth.

Table of Contents

Keynote

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Climate Change

What Is Climate Change?

What Causes Climate Change?

How Do We Know That Climate Change Exists and That It Is Caused by Human Activity?

What Are Some of the Consequences of Climate Change?

Flooding

Storms

Drought

Adaptation

Ocean Acidity

Ocean Warming

Species Extinctions

Tipping Points

Greenhouse Gases

What Will Happen to Us?

Chapter 3 Livestock

Chapter 4 Where Are the Media??

Chapter 5 Conclusion

Bibliography

Endnotes

Keynote

What have the media not told us about climate change? This book answers that question and makes a compelling, passionate, and informed plea for all of us to change one aspect of our lives in order to save ourselves and most life on the planet from the rapidly approaching effects of climate change.

Acknowledgments

My wife and partner, Ruth, has been with me all the way through this process and has been my editor in chief and cheering section. Lindsey Rorden, my wonderful granddaughter, has gone through the manuscript many times with a most critical eye and has made excellent suggestions for improvement. Thanks also to the following people for their critical and supportive suggestions: Jeff Anhang, Edith Heitmann-Tsacle, Sandra Lavini, Linda Marsa, Cara O’Sullivan, Leanne Oswald, Marissa Oswald, Elana Pessin, Vilma Reynoso, and Edward Silberman.

Preface

Dear Reader,

This book is about the reality of climate change. This reality, sometimes called climate crisis or climate chaos, is all around us, here in the United States as well as everywhere on the planet. It is not going away; in fact, it is getting worse by the day. We haven’t experienced a worldwide crisis this serious since World War II when many millions of people faced bullets and bombs. This new war is against invisible and silent enemies—carbon dioxide and methane. It is absolutely necessary that you and everyone else in the world have some information about it so there can be the possibility of taking actions to stop the many climate threats to our planet. We are all in this together. I hope that you will be