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Global warming : a very short introduction / Mark Maslin.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Global Warming is one of the most controversial scientific issues of the twenty first century. This book provides an informative, up-to-date, and readable book about the predicted impacts of global warming and the surprises that could be in store for us in the near future.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-75314-5
- 0-19-151799-2
- 1-4294-5982-4
- OCLC:
- 630528825
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