Last chance : preserving life on earth / Larry J. Schweiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweiger, Larry J.

Series:

Speaker's Corner

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming.

Global environmental change.

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

Plants--Effect of global warming on.

Plants.

Glaciers--Environmental aspects.

Glaciers.

Polar bear--Effect of pollution on.

Polar bear.

Environmental protection.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How global warming threatens life in all its forms and what actions we must take now.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword xiii; Preface xvii; Acknowledgmentsxix; Part I: the Science and the rapidly approaching reality Chapter 1: Closer Than You Think 15; Chapter 2: What Happens in Greenland Will Not Stay in Greenland 45; Part II: the Victims, the Perpetrators, and the enablers Chapter 3: Struggling Ecosystems Are Facing Global Warming 65; Chapter 4: On Thin Ice 77; Chapter 5: The Greatest Show on Earth 89; Chapter 6: In the Absence of Light 107; Part III: Time for renewal and immed Iate action Chapter 7: Renewing, Recharging, and Rebuilding America 131

Chapter 8: Putting the Black Back in Our Soils 167Chapter 9: The Role of Environmental Education 179; Chapter 10: Last Chance 195; Notes 211; Further Reading and Action 235; Index 241

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46799-9

9786612467998

1-55591-805-0

OCLC:

609854387