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Droughts. Floods. Climate refugees. Global warming isn't just about polar bears anymore. Let's assume we do nothing about climate change. Imagine that we just continue to emit carbon at our current levels or even exceed those levels. How would our weather change What would our forecast be Welcome to The Weather of the Future. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Heidi Cullen, one of the world's foremost climatologists and environmental journalists, puts a vivid face on climate change, offering a new way of seeing this phenomenon not just as an event set to happen in the distant future but as something happening right now in our own backyards. Arguing that we must connect the weather of today with the climate change of tomorrow, Cullen combines the latest research from scientists on the ground with state-of-the-art climate-model projections to create climate-change scenarios for seven of the most at-risk locations around the world. From the Central Valley of California, where coming droughts will jeopardize the entire state's water supply, to Greenland, where warmer temperatures will give access to mineral wealth buried beneath ice sheets for millennia, Cullen illustrates how, if left unabated, climate change will transform every corner of the world by midcentury. What emerges is a mosaic of changing weather patterns that collectively spell out the range of risks posed by global warming-whether it's New York City, whose infrastructure is extremely vulnerable to even a relatively weak category 3 hurricane, or Bangladesh, a country so low-lying that millions of people could become climate refugees due to rising sea levels. Provocative and convincing, The Weather of the Future makes climate change local, showing how no two regions of the country or the world will be affected in quite the same way, and demonstrating that melting ice is just the beginning.

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[Cullen] accepts weather as a local matter, just as Tip O'Neill, longtime speaker of the House of Representatives, proclaimed all politics to be local...The Weather of the Future, uses a broad itinerary to illustrate the threats she perceives. --Associated Press

Engrossing the book presents a surprisingly optimistic view of humanity s determination to come to terms with a daunting future. --Publishers Weekly Vivid and compelling, this book shows what life will be like in a warming world. Essential reading for anyone who s planning to inhabit the planet for the next few decades. --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe Heidi Cullen s beautifully crafted study provides the human detail that has been missing from most reports on climate science This book sets a new benchmark for accessible writing on the likely weather of the future. --New Scientist [Cullen] accepts weather as a local matter, just as Tip O Neill, longtime speaker of the House of Representatives, proclaimed all politics to be local...The Weather of the Future, uses a broad itinerary to illustrate the threats she perceives. --Associated Press A scorching vision of what life might be like in the warmer world that is already on its way. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Fact-filled and entertaining yet disturbing depiction of our world as temperatures rise...A lively and troubling but not entirely doomsday scenario of our warmer future. --Kirkus Reviews In an accessible way, [Cullen] details the Earth s climate history and forecasts what might happen if we re not more careful. --New York Post This is a woman to whom attention must be paid. --Booklist In this important and timely book, Heidi Cullen breaks ground...simplifying the connection between weather and climate and bringing the true impact of the problem, literally, right to your front door.--Laurie David, Academy Award winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth This is a woman to whom attention must be paid. --Booklist Engrossing...the book presents a surprisingly optimistic view of humanity's determination to come to terms with a daunting future. --Publishers Weekly Vivid and compelling, this book shows what life will be like in a warming world. Essential reading for anyone who's planning to inhabit the planet for the next few decades. --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe A scorching vision of what life might be like in the warmer world that is already on its way. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Heidi Cullen's beautifully crafted study provides the human detail that has been missing from most reports on climate science...This book sets a new benchmark for accessible writing on the likely weather of the future. --New Scientist Fact-filled and entertaining yet disturbing depiction of our world as temperatures rise...A lively and troubling but not entirely doomsday scenario of our warmer future. --Kirkus Reviews In an accessible way, [Cullen] details the Earth's climate history and forecasts what might happen if we're not more careful. --New York Post [Cullen] accepts weather as a local matter, just as Tip O'Neill, longtime speaker of the House of Representatives, proclaimed all politics to be local...The Weather of the Future, uses a broad itinerary to illustrate the threats she perceives. --Associated Press

In this important and timely book, Heidi Cullen breaks ground...simplifying the connection between weather and climate and bringing the true impact of the problem, literally, right to your front door.--Laurie David, Academy Award winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth

[Cullen] accepts weather as a local matter, just as Tip O'Neill, longtime speaker of the House of Representatives, proclaimed all politics to be local...The Weather of the Future, uses a broad itinerary to illustrate the threats she perceives. --Associated Press A scorching vision of what life might be like in the warmer world that is already on its way. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Engrossing...the book presents a surprisingly optimistic view of humanity's determination to come to terms with a daunting future. --Publishers Weekly Fact-filled and entertaining yet disturbing depiction of our world as temperatures rise...A lively and troubling but not entirely doomsday scenario of our warmer future. --Kirkus Reviews Heidi Cullen's beautifully crafted study provides the human detail that has been missing from most reports on climate science...This book sets a new benchmark for accessible writing on the likely weather of the future. --New Scientist In an accessible way, [Cullen] details the Earth's climate history and forecasts what might happen if we're not more careful. --New York Post This is a woman to whom attention must be paid. --Booklist Vivid and compelling, this book shows what life will be like in a warming world. Essential reading for anyone who's planning to inhabit the planet for the next few decades. --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe [Cullen] accepts weather as a local matter, just as Tip O Neill, longtime speaker of the House of Representatives, proclaimed all politics to be local...The Weather of the Future, uses a broad itinerary to illustrate the threats she perceives. --Associated Press A scorching vision of what life might be like in the warmer world that is already on its way. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Engrossing the book presents a surprisingly optimistic view of humanity s determination to come to terms with a daunting future. --Publishers Weekly Fact-filled and entertaining yet disturbing depiction of our world as temperatures rise...A lively and troubling but not entirely doomsday scenario of our warmer future. --Kirkus Reviews Heidi Cullen s beautifully crafted study provides the human detail that has been missing from most reports on climate science This book sets a new benchmark for accessible writing on the likely weather of the future. --New Scientist In an accessible way, [Cullen] details the Earth s climate history and forecasts what might happen if we re not more careful. --New York Post In this important and timely book, Heidi Cullen breaks ground...simplifying the connection between weather and climate and bringing the true impact of the problem, literally, right to your front door.--Laurie David, Academy Award winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth This is a woman to whom attention must be paid. --Booklist Vivid and compelling, this book shows what life will be like in a warming world. Essential reading for anyone who s planning to inhabit the planet for the next few decades. --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Author Information

Dr. Heidi Cullen is a senior research scientist with Climate Central, a nonprofit, nonpartisan network of scientists and journalists reporting on climate and climate change. Climate Central currently provides climate news and information for outlets such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Time.com, and The Weather Channel, as well as local television news outlets. In addition, she is also part of Climate Central's forecasting efforts, in which scientists from Princeton and Stanford have partnered with Google.org to use Google visualisation technology to map the future and help the public better understand the impacts of climate change. Before joining Climate Central, Dr. Cullen helped create Forecast Earth on The Weather Channel, the first weekly television series to focus on issues related to climate change and the environment. She has been a guest expert on Good Morning America, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, CNN Headline News, The View, and Larry King Live, and has been featured in the New York Times and Elle magazine's Green Issue. She holds a B.S. in engineering and a Ph.D. in climatology from Columbia University.

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