The Challenge of global warming /
The Challenge of global warming /
edited by Dean Edwin Abrahamson.
- First Edition
- xviii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publ. in assoc. with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Includes index (pages 341-351)
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I The Challenge of Global Warming -- Chapter 1 Global Warming: The Issue, Impacts, Responses -- Chapter 2 The Greenhouse Effect: Impacts on Current Global Temperature and Regional Heat Waves -- Chapter 3 The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security -- Chapter 4 The Scientific Consensus Villach (Austria) Conference -- Part II
Global Warming: Biotic Systems -- Chapter 5 Biotic Causes and Effects of the Disruption of the Global Carbon Cycle -- Chapter 6 Effects of Global Warming on Biological Diversity -- Chapter 7 Developing Policies for Responding to Climate
Change -- Part III Global Warming: Phisical Impacts -- Chapter 8 Greenhouse Effects and Impacts on Physical
Systems -- Chapter 9 Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect -- Chapter 10 Changes in Soil Moisture -- Chapter 11 Effects of Climatic Change on Water Supplies in the Western United States -- Chapter 12 The Causes and Effects of Sea Level Rise -- Chapter 13 Greenhouse Surprises -- Part IV The Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 14 Sources, Sinks, Trends, and Opportunities -- Chapter 15 Global Warming, Acid Rain, and Ozone Depletion -- Chapter 16 Observed Increases in Greenhouse Gases and Predicted Climatic Changes -- Chapter 17 Methae, CFCs, and Other Greenhouse Gases -- Part V Policy Responses -- Chapter 18 The Dangers from Climate Warming: A Public Awakening -- Chapter 19 One Last Chance for a National Energy Policy -- Chapter 20 An Analysis of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer -- Chapter 21 Near-Term Congressional Options for Responding to Global Climate Change.
0933280866 (pbk.) 0933280874
Climatic changes
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Cambios climáticos
Calentamiento global
Efecto invernadero atmosférico
551.6
Publ. in assoc. with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Includes index (pages 341-351)
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I The Challenge of Global Warming -- Chapter 1 Global Warming: The Issue, Impacts, Responses -- Chapter 2 The Greenhouse Effect: Impacts on Current Global Temperature and Regional Heat Waves -- Chapter 3 The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security -- Chapter 4 The Scientific Consensus Villach (Austria) Conference -- Part II
Global Warming: Biotic Systems -- Chapter 5 Biotic Causes and Effects of the Disruption of the Global Carbon Cycle -- Chapter 6 Effects of Global Warming on Biological Diversity -- Chapter 7 Developing Policies for Responding to Climate
Change -- Part III Global Warming: Phisical Impacts -- Chapter 8 Greenhouse Effects and Impacts on Physical
Systems -- Chapter 9 Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect -- Chapter 10 Changes in Soil Moisture -- Chapter 11 Effects of Climatic Change on Water Supplies in the Western United States -- Chapter 12 The Causes and Effects of Sea Level Rise -- Chapter 13 Greenhouse Surprises -- Part IV The Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 14 Sources, Sinks, Trends, and Opportunities -- Chapter 15 Global Warming, Acid Rain, and Ozone Depletion -- Chapter 16 Observed Increases in Greenhouse Gases and Predicted Climatic Changes -- Chapter 17 Methae, CFCs, and Other Greenhouse Gases -- Part V Policy Responses -- Chapter 18 The Dangers from Climate Warming: A Public Awakening -- Chapter 19 One Last Chance for a National Energy Policy -- Chapter 20 An Analysis of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer -- Chapter 21 Near-Term Congressional Options for Responding to Global Climate Change.
0933280866 (pbk.) 0933280874
Climatic changes
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Cambios climáticos
Calentamiento global
Efecto invernadero atmosférico
551.6