The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.
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TextPublication details: London : Earthscan, [2007]Edition: Rev. and updated [ed.]Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 1844075222 (pbk.)
- 9781844075225 (pbk.)
- 551.6 22
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Previous ed.: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon Dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Personal action -- Public action.
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