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RECORD NUMBER: 6 OF 12| Main Title | Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Philander, S. George. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Princeton University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2000 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 44070049 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0691050341 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Global warming ; Environmental sciences--Philosophy ; Human ecology | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {257}-258) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Between the idea and the reality -- Is our planet fragile or robust? -- Light and air -- Why the peak of a mountain is cold -- Capricious clouds -- The climate tapestry -- Weather, the music of our sphere -- The ocean in motion -- El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation -- The paradox of the faint sun but warm earth -- Why summer is warmer than winter -- The ozone hole -- Global warming -- Appendixes. |