Climate change and energy options for a sustainable future[electronic resource]
- 作者: Srivastava, D. K.
- 其他作者: Ramamurthy, V. S.
- 出版: Singapore : World Scientific c2021.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 329 p.).
- 標題: Renewable energy sources. , Energy conservation. , Climatic changes. , Sustainable development.
- ISBN: 9811233497 , 9789811233494
- ISBN: 9789811233470
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Reaching out -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of tables -- List of figures -- About the authors -- Prologue -- The world is fragile -- A little more about mother earth -- The incredible transformation of hunter-gatherers into civilization builders -- Global warming is for real -- Global warming and greenhouse gases -- Energy and human development index -- How much energy do we need? -- Energy resources -- Solar energy -- Nuclear power -- Nuclear fusion -- Accelerator driven subcritical systems -- Nuclear safety and nuclear waste -- Healthcare and other applications of nuclear radiations -- Hydrogen -- Summary and outlook -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
- 摘要: "The signs of global warming can be seen everywhere - hotter summers, frequent heavy rains, prolonged droughts, more severe forest fires, fiercer storms (including snow storms) and cyclones, as well as melting polar ice caps. Our indiscriminate actions are raising the spectre of millions of climate refugees who are victims of battles for water, crops, fish, and so on. It is poignant that the poorer countries, that are the least equipped to face these calamities have contributed the least to global warming, but are the worst hit. Only a concerted effort from the entire world by a rapid transition to renewable, clean and green energy sources, while checking wastage, deforestation and pollution, and a genuine adjustment in lifestyles towards moderation can avert the Earth, the only habitable planet we know, from turning into a hothouse"--Publisher's website.
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- 系統號: 005332010
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'This book could not be more timely — published after a year that saw the costliest slew of weather disasters in history along with one of the deadliest pandemic, the emergence and spread of which is linked to climate change ... This book will be a valuable resource for scientists, policy makers but also educators and especially a young generation of readers who want to be informed citizens shaping the right choices for their local communities but also as cosmopolitan citizens of the world.'Journal of Indian Physics AssociationThe signs of global warming can be seen everywhere — hotter summers, frequent heavy rains, prolonged droughts, more severe forest fires, fiercer storms (including snow storms) and cyclones, as well as melting polar ice caps. Our indiscriminate actions are raising the spectre of millions of climate refugees who are victims of battles for water, crops, fish, and so on. It is poignant that the poorer countries, that are the least equipped to face these calamities have contributed the least to global warming, but are the worst hit.Only a concerted effort from the entire world by a rapid transition to renewable, clean and green energy sources, while checking wastage, deforestation and pollution, and a genuine adjustment in lifestyles towards moderation can avert the Earth, the only habitable planet we know, from turning into a hothouse.
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