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1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations (some colour) |
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Introduction -- PART I: 1946-1972 -- 1 A Surfing Salvation -- 2 The Atmosphere Calls Me -- PART II: 1972-1975 -- 3 Makara -- 4 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California -- 5 Baring Head -- 6 Alone in a Dark Place -- 7 The World Experts Meeting -- PART III: 1975-1980 -- 8 Meandering into the Light -- 9 Around the World to California -- 10 Jülich, West Germany -- 11 A Tale of Serendipity -- 12 Ireland and the Atlantic -- PART IV: 1980-2007 -- 13 The Country that Changed Us Forever -- 14 Fingerprinting Atmospheric Carbon -- 15 Rocky Mountain High -- 16 NIWA and Greta Point -- PART V: 2007-2021 -- 17 The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- 18 Alarmists versus Deniers -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- Index |
| Summary |
His research was urgent fifty years ago. Now, it's critical. In the early 1970s, budding Kiwi scientist Dave Lowe was posted at an atmospheric monitoring station on the wind-blasted southern coast of New Zealand's North Island. On a shoestring salary he measured carbon in the atmosphere, collecting vital data towards what became one of the most important discoveries in modern science. What followed was a lifetime's career marked by hope and despair. As realisation dawned of what his measurements meant for the future of the planet, Dave travelled the world to understand more about atmospheric gases, along the way programming some of the earliest computers, designing cutting-edge equipment and conducting experiments both dangerous and mind-numbingly dull. From the sandy beaches of California to the stark winters of West Germany, the mesas of the Rocky Mountains and an Atlantic voyage across the equator, Dave has faced down climate deniers, foot-dragging bureaucracy and widespread complacency to open people's eyes to the effects of increasing fossil fuel emissions on our atmosphere |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 09, 2022) |
| Subject |
Lowe, D. C. (David Charles), Dr.
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Scientists -- New Zealand -- Biography
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Atmospheric chemistry -- New Zealand
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Climatic changes.
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climate change.
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Atmospheric chemistry
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Climatic changes
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Scientists
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New Zealand
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1776564618 |
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9781776564613 |
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