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One earth, one future : our changing global environment / by Cheryl Simon Silver with Ruth S. DeFries for the National Academy of Sciences.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silver, Cheryl Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Pollution.
- Global warming.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written for nonscientists, One Earth, One Future can help individuals understand the basic science behind changes in the global environment and the resulting policy implications that the population of the entire planet must face. The volume describes the earth as a unified system--exploring the interactions between the atmosphere, land, and water and the snowballing impact that human activity is having on the system--and presents perspectives on policies and programs that can both develop and protect our natural resources. One Earth, One Future discusses why such seemingly diverse issues as historical climate change, species diversity, and sea-level rise are part of a single picture--and how human activity is the critical element in that picture. The book concludes with practical examinations of economic, security, and development questions, with a view toward achieving improvements in quality of life without further environmental degradation. One Earth, One Future is must reading for anyone interested in the interrelationship of environmental matters and public policy issues.
- Contents:
- ONE EARTH ONE FUTURE
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- THE EARTH AS A SYSTEM
- 2 A New Science of the Earth
- 3 Lessons from the Geologic Past
- FORMATION OF THE OZONE SHIELD
- PANGAEA
- THE ICE AGES
- THE CURRENT WARM PHASE
- 4 System Interactions: Atmosphere, Oceans, Land, and Humans
- ATMOSPHERE
- OCEANS
- LAND
- THE WATER CYCLE
- HUMAN INTERACTIONS
- 5 Humanity: An Agent of Global Environmental Change
- POPULATION, AFFLUENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY: HOW HUMANS CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT
- CHANGING THE FACE OF THE EARTH: AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
- THE FUTURE
- THE FACES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
- 6 Global Warming
- GREENHOUSE GASES
- THE CLIMATE'S RESPONSE TO GREENHOUSE GASES
- DO WE KNOW ENOUGH TO ACT?
- 7 Food, Water, and Changing Climate
- THE GLOBAL HARVEST
- THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON FOOD PRODUCTION
- WATER SUPPLY, IRRIGATION, AND THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
- EXPLORING AVENUES FOR ADAPTATION
- 8 Coastlines and Rising Seas
- THE HUMAN COSTS OF RISING SEA LEVEL
- THE PLIGHT OF THE DELTAS
- PREPARING FOR RISING SEAS
- 9 The Ozone Layer and Ultraviolet Radiation
- CHEMISTRY OF THE OZONE LAYER
- STUDYING THE ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE
- OZONE DEPLETION IN OTHER LATITUDES
- EFFECTS ON LIFE
- NATIONS JOINING TO PROTECT THE OZONE LAYER
- 10 Vanishing Forests and Vanishing Species
- WHY ARE THE FORESTS DISAPPEARING?
- SOIL EROSION, RAIN MACHINES, AND CARBON
- VANISHING SPECIES
- PROTECTING THE FOREST RESOURCES
- 11 Lakes, Forests, and Acid Deposition
- THE ACIDIFICATION PROCESS
- LAKES
- FORESTS
- BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS
- CONTROLLING ACID DEPOSITION
- AFTERWORD
- Global Change and Our Common Future
- APPENDIXES
- A Selected Reading
- B Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future: Agenda and Speakers
- C Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members.
- AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL CHANGE
- D Letter on Global Environmental Change to President-Elect George Bush
- PREFACE
- GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
- WHAT ACTIONS ARE SUGGESTED?
- Preventing Global Environmental Change
- Energy Policy
- Policies to Reduce Industrial Emissions
- Development Policy
- Adapting to Global Environmental Change
- Improving Understanding of Global Environmental Change
- Institutional Needs
- PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES
- Climate Change
- Tropical Deforestation
- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- Acid Deposition
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610211777
- 9781280211775
- 1280211776
- 9780309583923
- 0309583926
- 9780585019987
- 0585019983
- OCLC:
- 923263038
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