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Global warming the complete briefing

By: Language: English Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxx, 351p. 25cmISBN:
  • 0521528747
  • 9780521528700
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 551.52 $2 18 363.73874 $2 22
Incomplete contents:
Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the 21st century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village
Summary: Provides a comprehensive appraisal of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change. Addresses actions governments, industry and individuals could take to lesson the effects.

Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the 21st century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village

Provides a comprehensive appraisal of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change. Addresses actions governments, industry and individuals could take to lesson the effects.