A hole in the wind a climate scientist's bicycle journey across the United States
After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned home to the United States to find a nation and a people in denial. Concerned that the American people are willfully deluded by the misinformation about climate...
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2018.
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A hole in the wind : |b a climate scientist's bicycle journey across the United States / |c David Goodrich. |
| 250 | |a First Pegasus Books paperback edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Pegasus Books Ltd., |c 2018. | |
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| 300 | |a xv, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), maps (one color) ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Delaware: the sea approaches -- Maryland: the way to get to Oregon -- The Pennsylvania gold rush -- Ohio: Tim Hortons, Armadillos, and climate change -- Ohio: awakenings -- Indiana: rain games -- Illinois: on Mr. Jefferson's road -- Missouri: the best place in a tornado -- South Dakota: night on a stronghold table -- Nebraska: the one -- Kansas: small hours on the high plains -- Colorado: a visit to the science city -- Colorado: the forests of Cameron Pass -- Wyoming: the pottery studio at the end of the earth -- Wyoming: the Grand, straight ahead -- Idaho -- Montana part I: fire -- Idaho -- Montana part II: ice -- To Oregon and the sea -- Climate and the future -- Appendix: Nuts and bolts. | |
| 520 | |a After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned home to the United States to find a nation and a people in denial. Concerned that the American people are willfully deluded by the misinformation about climate that dominates media and politics, David thought a little straight talk could set things right. As they say in Animal House, he decided that "this calls for a stupid and futile gesture on someone's part, and I'm just the guy to do it." Starting on the beach in Delaware, David rode his bike 4,200 miles to Oregon, talking with the people he met on the ultimate road trip. Along the way he learned a great deal about why climate is a complicated issue for many Americans and even more about the country we all share. Climate change is the central environmental issue of our time. But A Hole in the Wind is also about the people Dave met and the experiences he had along the way, like the toddler's beauty pageant in Delaware, the tornado in Missouri, rust-belt towns and their relationship with fracking, and the mined-out uranium ghost town in Wyoming. As he rides, David will discuss the climate with audiences varying from laboratories to diners to elementary schools. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Goodrich, David M. |x Travel |z United States. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climatic changes |z United States |v Surveys. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climatic changes |x Research |z United States. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Description and travel. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bicycle touring |z United States. | |
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