{"product_id":"the-planet-remade-9780691148250","title":"The Planet Remade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of The Independent's 6 Best Books in Nature 2015 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2016 One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2015 One of The Guardian's Best Science Books of 2015 One of LinkedIn's Best Business Books of 2015 Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016 Longlisted for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction \"A vital book on geoengineering.\"--Andrew Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times \"Few science books are more important, timely, and beautifully written... [The Planet Remade] is a book that lays out all the facts, with great clarity and at some length, draws a conclusion, but leaves you to make up your mind.\"--Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing \"[I]f you are going to read one book on climate engineering, it should be The Planet Remade... [The book] is as much an exploration of science and engineering as it is of people and attitudes.\"--Jane C.S. Long, Nature \"Oliver Morton produced 2015's most important and insightful book about the environment inThe Planet Remade... Several people who should know better argued this year that humanity needs to adopt a more 'religious' view of climate change. It does not. What it needs is books by Oliver Morton.\"--Richard Benson, The Independent \"Exhilarating.\"--New Scientist \"Ambitious, enthralling.\"--Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times \"Morton offers a calm, rational discussion of deliberate technological interventions to cool the planet's climate system... An important account of cutting-edge research that will fascinate serious readers and demand the attention of policymakers.\"--Kirkus (Starred Review) \"Morton accomplishes the difficult task of explaining high-level scientific concepts in pragmatic terms, with enough history, first-person reporting, anecdotes, and humor that The Planet Remade is as enjoyable to read as it is informative.\"--Foreword Reviews \"Through pages of rigorous scientific groundwork wrapped in elegant prose, Morton provides a guided tour of why we need geoengineering... The Planet Remade is a delightful introduction to the seemingly absurd proposals that could be our fragile world's final hope.\"--Science News \"Morton affords us a fascinating look at the perils and promise of geoengineering on a warming planet.\"--Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily \"[A] thoughtfully written and meticulously reported volume that explores the nascent and controversial field of deliberate technological interventions in the climate--interventions meant to cool the planet.\"--Pacific Standardz \"Morton ... critically evaluates the ethical and scientific pros and cons of using geoengineering to mitigate global climate change. He uses real and theoretical case studies to support his views of past, current, and potential geoengineering options... A valuable resource for environmental science and environmental policy library collections.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Two Questions 1  Climate Risks and Responsibilities 5  The Second Fossil-Fuel Century 8  Altering the Earthsystem 22  Deliberate Planets, Imagined Worlds 26  Part One: Energies  1 The Top of the World 35  Discovering the Stratosphere 38  Fallout 43  The Ozone Layer 47  The Veilmakers 54  2 A Planet Called Weather 57  The Worldfalls 62  The Trenberth Diagram and Climate Science 66  Steam Engines and Spaceship Earth 71  3 Pinatubo 83  Volcanoes and Climate 86  Predictions and Surprises 93  4 Dimming the Noontime Sun 100  Rough Magic 107  Promethean Science 112  5 Coming to Think This Way 124  Martians and Moral Equivalents 129  The Day Before Yesterday 135  The Rise of Carbon Dioxide Politics 139  6 Moving the Goalposts 148  From Plan B to Breathing Space 156  Expanding the Boundaries 165  Part Two: Substances  7 Nitrogen 175  The Making of the Population Bomb 184  Defusing the Population Bomb 189  Far from Fixed 195  How to Spot a Geoengineer 201  8 Carbon Past, Carbon Present 209  The Anthropocene 219  The Greening Planet 229  9 Carbon Present, Carbon Future 243  Ocean Anaemia 251  Cultivating One's Garden 259  10 Sulphur and Soggy Mirrors 268  Global Cooling 274  Cloudships 283  Bright Patchwork Planet 288  What the Thunder Didn't Say 298  Part Three: Possibilities  11 The Ends of the World 305  Control and Catastrophe 312  Doom and Denial 317  The Traditions of Titans 323  A Tale of Two Cliques 332  After Such Knowledge 338  12 The Deliberate Planet 344  The Concert 347  Small Effects, and Bad Ones 359  And Straight on 'til Morning 369  Envoi 375  Acknowledgements 379  References, Notes and Further Reading 383  Bibliography 393  Index 415","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526158459223,"sku":"9780691148250","price":35.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691148250.jpg?v=1731863171","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-planet-remade-9780691148250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}