Teaching climate history there is no Planet B / Alan J. Singer.
| Author/creator | Singer, Alan J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Climate vocabulary -- Our house is on fire -- Responsibility of the historian as public intellectual -- Tipping points -- Great climate migration -- Earth's past climates -- Climate change and human evolution -- Extreme heat -- Four billion years of climate history -- Mass extinctions -- "Clocking" climate change -- Diseases carried by mosquitoes or hidden in the ice -- Climate change deniers and minimizers -- A short cold snap of about 500 years -- Power of ice -- Climate repercussions -- Water scarcity, water's vengeance -- Technology debate -- Saving the Amazon rainforest -- Capitalism vs. the climate -- Climate activism (where do we go from here?) -- Appendix 1. Annotated "bibliography" -- Appendix II. Resources for teaching about climate change. |
| Abstract | "Welcome to the Anthropocene. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, human-caused climate change has impacted the globe with the burning of fossil fuels. The debate in classrooms and the political realm should not be whether climate change is happening or how much it places human civilization at risk, but over how societies and individuals should respond. This interdisciplinary book offers an in-depth examination of the history of the Earth's climate and how historians and citizens can influence contemporary climate debate and activism. The author explains climate history and climate science and makes this important subject matter accessible to a general audience. Chapter topics include examining the Earth's geological past, the impact of climate on human evolution, the impact of climate on earlier civilizations, climate activism, and the need for international cooperation. Presenting climate history, human history, and climate science in a readable format, and featuring resources for students, this book is meant for use by teachers in high school elective or an introductory college course setting"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Singer, Alan J. Teaching climate history New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032061344 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021031616 |
| ISBN | 9781003200864 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |