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Lars Müller, Christian Rentsch, René Schwarzenbach, and Klaus Lanz (Eds.)

For Climate's Sake!

A Visual Reader of Climate Change

For Climate’s Sake! sets itself the goal of conveying the knowledge revealed by current climate research in a manner that is both concise and appealing. It differs from other books on climate change principally in the way it is conceived as a visual reader that deliberately uses the effectiveness and power of the image to present the theme in a graphic way. Extensive series of images with large photographs and informative diagrams accompany well-researched essays on and around the themes of climate history, research and policy and thus offer an in-depth examination. The book provides insights into the history of the earth’s climate and reveals the factors that are responsible for climate change. It poses questions and provides answers: why is the earth becoming warmer? What are the consequences we must reckon with? What can we do against this? Who determines the future? As both a volume of illustrations and a reader For Climate’s Sake! Is directed at all those who want to equip themselves with knowledge and understanding to confront what is probably our planet’s most pressing problem.

For Climate’s Sake! sets itself the goal of conveying the knowledge revealed by current climate research in a manner that is both concise and appealing. It differs from other books on climate change principally in the way it is conceived as a visual reader that deliberately uses the effectiveness and power of the image to present the theme in a graphic way. Extensive series of images with large photographs and informative diagrams accompany well-researched essays on and around the themes of climate history, research and policy and thus offer an in-depth examination. The book provides insights into the history of the earth’s climate and reveals the factors that are responsible for climate change. It poses questions and provides answers: why is the earth becoming warmer? What are the consequences we must reckon with? What can we do against this? Who determines the future? As both a volume of illustrations and a reader For Climate’s Sake! Is directed at all those who want to equip themselves with knowledge and understanding to confront what is probably our planet’s most pressing problem.

English edition – also available in German

Edited by René Schwarzenbach, Lars Müller, Christian Rentsch, and Klaus Lanz. In collaboration with the Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zürich

Design: Integral Lars Müller

16,5 x 24 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

576 pages, 307 illustrations

hardback

2012, 978-3-03778-245-3, English
Environmental Issues Visual Reader
CHF 50.00

Christian Rentsch

Christian Rentsch (*1945) was culture and media editor at the Swiss newspaper "Tages-Anzeiger" for over thirty years. Since 2004, he has written as a freelance journalist for various magazines and book projects. He is the co-editor of “Who owns the water?” (2006) and "For Climate's Sake!” (2011). Christian Rentsch lives in Zurich.

René Schwarzenbach

René P. Schwarzenbach (*1945) earned his diploma degree from the Chemistry Department at ETH Zurich where he got his PhD in 1973. After he completed his habilitation, Schwarzenbach was a full professor of Environmental Chemistry at the Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich. From 2004 on, he served as head of that department until his retirement in January 2011. Schwarzenbach received the SETAC Environmental Education Award and the Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology from the American Chemical Society. He co-authored a textbook on environmental organic chemistry that has established itself as the standard text in this field.

Klaus Lanz

Klaus Lanz is a chemist, water researcher and publicist. He has been working on water issues for more than 20 years, initially as an environmental researcher at universities in the USA and Switzerland. From 1988 to 1992, he headed the water department of Greenpeace Germany. Since then, he has consulted on international water issues and authored numerous research papers and books.

Lars Müller

Lars Müller, born in Oslo in 1955 and a Norwegian citizen, has been based in Switzerland since 1963. After becoming a graphic designer in Zurich, extended travels, and a one-year assistant position with designer Wim Crouwel in Amsterdam, Müller established his studio in Baden/Switzerland in 1982. In 1983, Müller published his first book and as Lars Müller Publishers, with offices in Zürich, has produced some 600 titles to date.

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