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The rough guide to climate change /

1843537117

1858281059

9781843537113

9781858281056

b762278

The rough guide to climate change /

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written by Robert Henson ; edited and designed by Duncan Clark.

First edition

London :

Rough Guides,

2006

x, 341 pages :

illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;

20 cm.

Rough Guides reference

"This first edition published September 2006"--Preliminary page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.

pt. 1. The basics : global warming in a nutshell. Climate change : a primer : key questions and answers ; The greenhouse effect : how global warming works ; Who's responsible? : which countries, regions and activities are warming the world -- pt. 2. The symptoms : what's happening now, and what might happen in the future. Extreme heat : too hot to handle ; Floods & droughts : two sides of a catastrophic coin ; The big melt : climate change in overdrive ; Oceans : aproblem on the rise ; Hurricanes & other storms : rough waters ; Ecosystems & agriculture : the future of flora, fauna and farming -- pt. 3. The science : how we know what we know about climate change. Keeping track : taking the planet's temperature ; The long view : a walk through climate history ; Circuits of change : modelling the future climate -- pt. 4. Debates & solutions : from spats and spin to saving the planet. A heated debate : how activists, sceptics and industry have battled for column inches and the public mind ; The predicament : can we solve global warming? ; Political solutions : Kyoto and beyond ; Technological solutions : energy, engineering and efficiency ; What you can do : reducing your carbon footprint and lobbying for action -- pt. 5. Resources : climate change books and websites.

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"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"--Page 4 of cover.

Rough guide to climate change.

Climate change

Climatic changes, Popular works.

Global warming, Popular works.

Climate change.

Climatology.

Global warming.

Greenhouse effect.

Weather.

Broeikaseffect.

Climatic changes.

Global warming.

Greenhouse effect.

Klimaatveranderingen.

Klimatförändringar.

Henson, Robert,1960-

Clark, Duncan, (Duncan Antony)

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