Main Title |
Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / |
Author |
Philander, S. George,
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Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
Year Published |
1998 |
OCLC Number |
37567369 |
ISBN |
0691057753; 9780691057750; 0691050341; 9780691050348 |
Subjects |
Global warming ;
Environmental sciences--Philosophy ;
Human ecology ;
Anthropogene Klimañderung ;
Beweis ;
Humanèokologie ;
Naturwissenschaften
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESAM |
QC981.8.G56P48 1998 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
09/12/1998 |
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Collation |
xv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index. |
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. In explaining why there is no consensus on whether global warming is real or a myth based on misleading data, Philander "guides the nonscientific reader through new ideas about the remarkable and intricate factors that determine the world's climate."--Jacket. |