The rough guide to climate change
pt. 1: The basics : global warming in a nutshell. Climate change: a primer ; The greenhouse effect ; Who's responsible? -- pt. 2: The symptoms : what's happening now, and what might happen in the future. Extreme heat ; Floods & droughts ; The big melt ; Oceans ; Hurricanes & other...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
Rough Guides
2011
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed |
| Schriftenreihe: | Rough Guides
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | pt. 1: The basics : global warming in a nutshell. Climate change: a primer ; The greenhouse effect ; Who's responsible? -- pt. 2: The symptoms : what's happening now, and what might happen in the future. Extreme heat ; Floods & droughts ; The big melt ; Oceans ; Hurricanes & other storms ; Ecosystems & agriculture -- pt. 3: The science : how we know what we know about climate change. Keeping track ; The long view ; Circuits of change -- pt. 4: Debates & solutions : from spats and spin to saving the planet. A heated debate ; The predicament ; Political solutions ; Technological solutions ; What you can do. "Gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing our planet. ... lays out the facts and assesses the options - global and personal - for dealing with the threat of a warming world"--P. [4] of cover |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-397) and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 406 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 1848365799 1-84836-579-9 9781848365797 978-1-84836-579-7 |