Global Warming and Mass Migration: Climate Change and Its Impact on Migration to the North
暫譯: 全球暖化與大規模移民：氣候變遷對北方移民的影響
Soukharev, Boris
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2025-02-26
- 售價: $1,720
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,634
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 390
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031744535
- ISBN-13: 9783031744532
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商品描述
This visually compelling book delves into the urgent reality of our changing climate. It explores the inevitability of global warming and its far-reaching consequences, providing convincing evidence that human actions have triggered chain reactions which we cannot stop.
While increased economic activity and greenhouse gas emissions are significant contributors, the most alarming threat lies in the activation of "sleeping giants" - natural climate feedback loops that amplify warming. The thawing of permafrost, for instance, releases potent greenhouse gases, further intensifying climate change. This vicious cycle, once initiated, is difficult, if not impossible, to reverse.
The book warns that the consequences of unchecked global warming will be severe, particularly for the world's most vulnerable populations. As temperatures rise, the disparity between the wealthy and secure North and the poor and unstable South will widen, leading to unprecedented mass migration from the South to the North. This massive climate migration could begin within the next one to two decades, presenting a significant challenge to global stability and cooperation.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本視覺上引人注目的書籍深入探討了我們氣候變化的緊迫現實。它探討了全球暖化的不可避免性及其深遠的後果，提供了令人信服的證據，顯示人類的行為已觸發了我們無法停止的連鎖反應。
雖然經濟活動的增加和溫室氣體排放是重要的貢獻因素，但最令人擔憂的威脅在於「沉睡的巨人」的啟動——自然氣候反饋迴路，這些迴路會加劇暖化。例如，永久凍土的融化釋放出強效的溫室氣體，進一步加劇氣候變化。一旦啟動，這種惡性循環是難以逆轉的，甚至可以說是不可能的。
這本書警告說，若不加以控制的全球暖化後果將會非常嚴重，特別是對於世界上最脆弱的人口。隨著氣溫上升，富裕且穩定的北方與貧窮且不穩定的南方之間的差距將會擴大，導致前所未有的大規模移民從南方流向北方。這種大規模的氣候移民可能在未來一到兩十年內開始，對全球穩定與合作構成重大挑戰。
作者簡介
Dr. Boris Soukharev, a retired Associate Professor of Climatology at St. Petersburg State University, Russia, has made significant contributions to the field of atmospheric physics and climatology. With an academic career spanning international research institutions including Free University Berlin in Germany and the University of Arizona in the United States, Dr. Soukharev's work has been recognized with prestigious awards including the Academia Europaea Medal and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship. A former fellow of the Russian Geographical Society, the European Geophysical Society, and the American Geophysical Union, Dr. Soukharev's latest work includes this popular science book on climate change and its impacts on humanity.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
博里斯·蘇哈列夫博士，俄羅斯聖彼得堡國立大學的退休氣候學副教授，在大氣物理學和氣候學領域做出了重要貢獻。蘇哈列夫博士的學術生涯涵蓋了包括德國柏林自由大學和美國亞利桑那大學在內的國際研究機構，他的工作獲得了包括歐洲學院獎章和亞歷山大·馮·洪堡研究獎學金在內的多項榮譽。作為俄羅斯地理學會、歐洲地球物理學會和美國地球物理聯合會的前研究員，蘇哈列夫博士的最新作品包括這本關於氣候變遷及其對人類影響的科普書籍。
