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RECORD NUMBER: 45 OF 130| Main Title | Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change / | ||||||||||||
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| Author | Kolbert, Elizabeth. | ||||||||||||
| Publisher | Bloomsbury USA : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, | ||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 232875425 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781596911307; 1596911301 | ||||||||||||
| Subjects | Global warming ; Global temperature changes ; Global environmental change ; Greenhouse effect ; Climate | ||||||||||||
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| Edition | Pbk. ed. | ||||||||||||
| Collation | 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm | ||||||||||||
| Notes | Reprint. Originally published: 2006. With a new afterword. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Explores the issue of global warming from every angle, incorporating interviews with researchers and environmentalists, explaining the science and the studies, and presenting the personal tales of those who are being affected most. Shishmaref, Alaska -- A warmer sky -- Under the glacier -- The butterfly and the toad -- The curse of Akkad -- Floating houses -- Business as usual -- The day after Kyoto -- Burlington, Vermont -- Man in the Anthropocene. |