Sometimes I wonder if we could stop climate change and global warming simply by stopping spam mails and cat pictures on the internet? The energy savings would be enormous!
Joking aside. Alice lives! I suppose Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass must be two books of which the most homages, parodies, and re-writings exist. This is another one.
Her latest adventure takes Alice on a school field-trip to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK for short). Alice is bored with the lectures of her teacher and is looking around the area, when she –miraculously– discovers a white rabbit who wears a waistcoat and has a golden watch. She follows the rabbit and lands in a shaft that leads her directly into the institute. There she meets a climate research scientist who invites Alice to dive into the fascinating world of climate models, and she starts her journey by climbing through the panel of a computer monitor (obviously times have changed since the Looking Glass). This leads her directly into the simulation grid of the last ice age and from there it goes on and on: she sees the Arctic as well as the Antarctic, the rain-forest and other places. She attends a performance at the Impact Theatre and visits the Library of Truth (highly recommended!) where the best companion you can bring is your own imagination. And of course she meets a bunch of curious characters, like Lord Waterlow, the Grand Duke Albedo with his radiant white robe, and the model sisters Ultra Simplicia and Ultra Sophistica. Furthermore there are a quite a few animals along the way, who –miraculously– all can speak: A walrus, a flying pig with a corkscrew trunk named EMIC, and, last but not least, a mathematical-metaphorical cat named Zeta (my hypothesis being that the cat’s former owner was a man named Riemann). The whole thing ends –not surprisingly– at a Mad Tea Party, only this time it’s a world climate conference held by some quite narrow-minded animals.
The special aspect of this otherwise rather fun- and punful Alice-story is the grave and serious background. The reading of this book makes it all too clear. The scientific findings regarding climate change and global warming, especially the ones made by the PIK, are the broccoli of the story. A certain understanding of the processes that, in the end, will affect us all, is certainly helpful while reading, although even without it, the book is worth your attention. At the end of the book there is a 36-page section explaining topics that are addressed in the various chapters, along with references to other publications. These are intended for the laymen. A much longer bibliography is also found, but these are mainly articles in scientific magazines and probably not an easy read.
A highly recommended book for everyone to whom it (the future of mankind) may concern!
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