Solar Impact: Climate and the Sun - A Conversation with Joanna Haigh
By Howard Burton
Length2h 1m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Joanna Haigh, Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London. After inspiring details about how she got into her field of study and how we can encourage more girls to get more interested in science, the conversation examines her research of the influence of the sun and solar variability on our climate, how energy emitted by the Sun in the form of heat, light and ultraviolet radiation warms the earth and drives our climate, how data from satellites and modelling the processes helps us distinguish the warming effects of greenhouse gases from those of natural variations in solar energy, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Confronting Complexity, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Meteorological Beginnings - Joanna finds her niche
II. Science and Gender - Different disciplines, different stories
III. A Curious Correspondence - Examining the link between temperature and solar variation
IV. Considering the Earth - A changing orbit and changing tilt
V. Considering the Sun - Looking at the solar cycle
VI. The Big Picture - More than just the sun
VII. Examining the Details - Recreating the weather, more or less
VIII. Getting The Word Out - Increasing public awareness
IX. Public Policy - From words to acts
X. Final Thoughts - Towards a better future
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length2 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
14Questions for Discussion:
2A Note on the Text
15VI. The Big Picture
3Introduction
16Questions for Discussion:
4The Conversation
17VII. Examining the Details
5I. Meteorological Beginnings
18Questions for Discussion:
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6Questions for Discussion:
19VIII. Getting The Word Out
7II. Science and Gender
20Questions for Discussion:
8Questions for Discussion:
21IX. Public Policy
9III. A Curious Correspondence
22Questions for Discussion:
10Questions for Discussion:
23X. Final Thoughts
11IV. Considering the Earth
24Questions for Discussion:
12Questions for Discussion:
25Continuing the Conversation
13V. Considering the Sun
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