Global warming in the 21st century / Bruce E. Johansen.
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- v. 1. Our evolving climate crisis
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Volume 1
- pt. 1. Global warming science : the evolving paradigm
- Introduction
- 1. Climate-change science : the basics
- 2. Scientific research : the issue's complexity
- 3. Feedback loops : global warming's "compound interest"
- 4. Global warming and ozone depletion
- 5. Weather wars : global warming and public opinion
- References : Part 1 : Global warming science : the evolving paradigm
- pt. 2. The weather now - and in 2100
- Introduction
- 6. Watching the thermometer
- 7. Drought and deluge : changes in the hydrological cycle
- 8. Climate change and the United States of America and Canada
- 9. International impacts
- References : Part 2 : The weather now - and in 2100
- v. 2. Melting ice and warming seas
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Volume 2
- pt. 3. Icemelt around the world
- Introduction
- 10. Climate change in the Arctic
- 11. Melting Antarctic ice
- 12. Mountain glaciers in retreat
- pt. 4. Warming seas
- Introduction
- 13. Sea-level rise
- 14. Greenhouse gases and changes in the oceans
- 15. Global warming and marine life
- References : Part 4 : Warming seas
- v. 3. Plants and animals in peril
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Volum 3
- pt. 5. Flora and fauna
- Introduction
- 16. Mass extinctions and other considerations
- 17. Flora and fauna on the British Isles
- 18. Flora and fauna : a worldwide survey
- 19. Effects on human health
- References : Part 5 : Flora and fauna
- pt. 6. Solutions
- Introduction
- 20. Acting globally and locally
- References : Part 6 : Solutions
- Selected bibliography
- Index.