悬而未决：气候科学告诉了我们什么，它没有告诉我们什么，以及它为什么重要（True EPUB）

“汹涌的海平面正在淹没海岸。”
“飓风和龙卷风变得越来越猛烈和频繁。”
“气候变化将是一场经济灾难。”
你已经听说了这一切都是事实。但根据科学，所有这些说法都具有严重的误导性。
在气候变化问题上，媒体、政客和其他知名人士都宣称“科学已经解决”事实上，从研究到向大众媒体报道的漫长的电话游戏被误解和错误信息所破坏。关于气候如何应对我们的影响，以及影响将是什么的核心问题在很大程度上仍然没有答案。气候正在变化，但原因和方式并不像你可能相信的那样清楚。
现在，美国最杰出的科学家之一正在扫除迷雾，以解释科学对我们不断变化的气候真正说了什么（没有说）。在《悬而未决：气候科学告诉我们什么，它没有告诉我们什么，以及它为什么重要》一书中，史蒂文·库宁（Steven Koonin）利用了他数十年的经验，包括作为奥巴马政府的高级科学顾问，提供了不受政治议程影响的最新见解和专家观点。
这本书引人入胜，头脑清晰，充满惊喜，让读者既能理解气候问题，又能成为科学媒体的精明消费者。库宁将读者带到头条新闻背后，了解更微妙的科学本身，向我们展示它的来源，并引导我们了解证据的含义。他打破了流行的神话，揭示了鲜为人知的真相：尽管温室气体排放量急剧上升，但从1940年到1970年，全球气温实际上有所下降。此外，我们用来预测未来的模型无法准确描述过去的气候，这表明它们存在严重缺陷。
库宁还讨论了社会对气候变化的反应，使用数据驱动的分析解释了为什么许多提出的“解决方案”会无效，并讨论了适应等替代方案，以及在必要时，地球工程将如何确保人类继续繁荣。《未解决的问题》是一个充满希望的现实检查，它提供了气候科学的真相，即我们知道的、我们不知道的，以及这一切对我们未来的意义，你在其他地方都得不到。
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters (True EPUB)
“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.”
“Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.”
“Climate change will be an economic disaster.”
You’ve heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading.
When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that “the science is settled.” In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions—about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be—remain largely unanswered. The climate is changing, but the why and how aren’t as clear as you’ve probably been led to believe.
Now, one of America’s most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn’t say) about our changing climate. In Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, Steven Koonin draws upon his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas.
Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence. He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What’s more, the models we use to predict the future aren’t able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed.
Koonin also tackles society’s response to a changing climate, using data-driven analysis to explain why many proposed “solutions” would be ineffective, and discussing how alternatives like adaptation and, if necessary, geoengineering will ensure humanity continues to prosper. Unsettled is a reality check buoyed by hope, offering the truth about climate science that you aren’t getting elsewhere—what we know, what we don’t, and what it all means for our future.

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