Climate Changed - A personal journey through the science.

By Philippe Squarzoni

It's about time I took a look at Graphic Novels. Apparently, there is more to them than comic book nonsense. I've always been interested climate change and the arguments around it. I bought Al Gore's movie when it came out and looked into some aspects when I was studying geography in Lancaster.

I really enjoyed this book. It was an interesting format for a fascinating subject. I learnt so much about climate change, what the factors are and the weighting of these issues. For example, greenhouse gases are made up of a variety of gases including methane and carbon dioxide. It seems from what I have learnt that we are beyond the point of no return regarding global warming. The only thing we are able to do is to reduce our Carbon Emissions by, 62% by 2020 and we stand a chance of minimising our damage. When I say 62% I think that's right for New Zealand, for the US its more like 75%!

I can't read a book like this and not feel like I have a DO something to make my life a little more 'carbon-friendly'.

There are several areas of my life that I can make a change:

• Limit Travel, especially by AIR, which is by far the worst way to travel. 
• Look into Solar heating for the house. 
• Look into an electric car option. 
• But most of this means that I have to look into changing my electricity provider, to one that is more focused on using renewable energy sources e.g hydro-electric, solar, wind or wave. 

Synopsis

The causes, controversies, and consequences of climate change - and what we can do about it.
Documentary, diary, and masterwork graphic novel, this up-to-date look at our planet and we live on it explains what global warming is all about. Climate Changed: A personal journey through the science weaves together scientific research and interviews with experts to make the most complicated concepts clear. With the skill of an investigative journalist, Philippe Squarzoni provides a balanced perspective on all the facts and fuss in diagrams, charts and stunning illustrations of Earth's cities and farmlands, deserts and oceans, shopping malls and wildernesses.
Does Climate change really matter? Can we avoid the worst consequences but still preserve our freedom of choice and standard of living? Where in the world do we start?
Weighing the potential of some solutions and the false promises of others, this ground-breaking work provides all citizens of planet Earth with an unflinching view of the choices we need to make, and make soon.

Author

Philippe Squarzoni attended college in Lyon, France. He visited Croatia and the former Yugoslavia several times as a volunteer in a conflict-resolution project and travelled through Mexico, Palestine, and Israel as a human-rights observer.(Wikipedia)

Books by the same Author

Homicide, une année dans les rues de Baltimore T01 : 18 janvier - 4 février 1988 (2016)
Climate Changed: A Personal Journey through the Science (2014)
Saison brune (2012)
Un Après Midi Un Peu Couvert (2008)
Dol (2006)
Zapata, en temps de guerre (2003)


Garduno, En Temps De Paix (2002)