- Published: 24 September 2010
- ISBN: 9780262515214
- Imprint: MIT Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $34.99
CO2 Rising
The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge
















- Published: 24 September 2010
- ISBN: 9780262515214
- Imprint: MIT Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $34.99
[T]his book is an excellent introduction for undergraduate students and the general public with a keen interest in knowing more about climate change. It is equally informative for scientists and professionals specializing in different fields who would like to have an interdisciplinary view of the wonderful carbon cycle.—Ning Zeng, The American Meteorological Society Bulletin— Carbon atoms with personality. That is the interesting literary device biochemist Tyler Volk uses to illustrate the fantastic convolutions that define the many and varied pathways of the carbon cycle.... The public hears a lot about climate change but too little about just why too much CO2—a natural part of our atmosphere—is bad news. Volk does an impressive job of illustrating, in engaging prose, the dangers to humanity of pushing the carbon cycle too hard and too fast. —Barry Brook, The Quarterly Review of Biology— I confess to initial doubts regarding a narrative about an anthropomorphized carbon atom... But this skeptic got caught up in the story and was impressed by the effectiveness with which Volk conveys complex concepts, the time scales involved, and some illuminating statistics. (For the full review, visit http://www.environmentmagazine.org/Archives/Back