The Atlas of Climatic Change Book Review (Book Review Sample)

The Atlas of Climatic Change
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Abstract
This paper focuses on a book that has so much influence around the world. The book provides information on one of the most sensitive issues around the planet. The paper looks at the information presented in the book. It also looks at how the information applies to people’s lives to ensure that they live in a healthier environment. The book influences my daily life. It makes me ensure that I treat the environment better. By Understanding the effects of climatic changes, I have an urge to ensure I do my best to reduce the impact of climatic changes. The paper provides all crucial details provided by the author in the book. The author discusses all aspects of climatic changes. The elements include the causes, effects and prevention methods available in terms of climatic changes. The book is the most influential book I have read and the information provided in the paper shows the importance of this book.
Keywords: environment, climatic changes
The Atlas of Climatic Change
The Atlas of Climatic Change: Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge looks at the vast subject of climatic change. The book provides extensive knowledge in this growing field. The book includes recent findings on this item. The book presents scientific knowledge on climatic change with the use of creative and colorful maps. The book also contains tables, graphs and photographs that help illustrate the information in the book. The book covers the reasons behind the various climatic changes, the evidence available for these changes and the consequences of these changes. The book also looks at the measures available for reducing climatic changes around the world.
In terms of possible actions, the book focuses on ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The book covers topics that include signs, vulnerable populations, the health impact of the changes and solutions available, such as renewable energy (Dow & Downing, 2011). The signs and evidence contained in the book look at polar changes around the world, glacial retreats and the various weather related disasters such as floods and tsunamis on different locations around the world. In terms of the causes of climatic changes around the world, the book looks at the steady increase in greenhouse gasses due to industrialization. The book covers various types of impacts of climatic changes.
One significant effect is the rising sea levels. There is also the issue of salt-water intrusion into fresh water supplies. Other hazardous effects include coastal storms and erosions. Aspects such as heat waves, droughts and floods are also impacting of climatic changes. In the end, these climatic changes affect the health of people and in extreme cases cause death. Climatic changes also affect the economy and disrupt the order of life in many instances.
The book also insists that people have to take climatic changes with seriousness. It encourages governments and organizations around the world to ensure that they come up with policies that help in protecting the planet from hazardous effects of climatic changes. The book also encourages people at a personal level to ensure that they protect the environment. Eventually, the people receive the effects the hardest. The authors also look at various international efforts made by several organizations to ensure a reduction in climatic changes.
One such example is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic change. The convention conclu...