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Global warming : a very short introduction / Mark Maslin.
Van Pelt Library QC981.8.G56 M38 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maslin, Mark.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 118.
- Very short introductions ; 118
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global warming.
- Climatic changes.
- Physical Description:
- 162 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction is an informative, up to date discussion about the predicted impacts of global warming. It draws on material from the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a huge collaborative study drawing together current thinking on the subject from experts in a range of disciplines, and presents the findings of the panel for a general readership for the first time. The book also discusses the politics of global warming and what we can do now to adapt to climate change and mitigate its worst effects.
- Contents:
- What is global warming?
- A brief history of the global warming hypothesis
- Your viewpoint determines the future
- What is the evidence for climate change?
- How do you model the future?
- What are the possible future impacts of global warming?
- Surprises
- Politics
- What are the alternatives?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0192840975
- OCLC:
- 56805115
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