Main Title |
Challenge of global warming |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Island Press, |
Year Published |
1989 |
OCLC Number |
19265932 |
ISBN |
0933280874 (alk. paper) : 0933280866 (pbk. : alk. paper) : |
Subjects |
Global warming ;
Climatic changes ;
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
QC981.8.G56C42 1989 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
10/05/1990 |
ELBM |
QC981.8.G56C42 1989 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/20/1989 |
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Collation |
xviii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-336) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Global warming: the issue, impacts, responses / Dean Edwin Abrahamson -- Greenhouse effect: impacts on current global temperature and regional heat waves / James E. Hansen -- Changing atmosphere: implications for global security / Toronto Conference -- Scientific consensus / Villach (Austria) Conference -- Biotic causes and effects of the disruption of the global carbon cycle / George M. Woodwell -- Effects of global warming on biological diversity / Robert L. Peters -- Developing policies for responding to climate change / Jill Jaeger -- Greenhouse effects and impacts on physical systems / John Firor -- Scientific basis for the greenhouse effect / Gordon MacDonald -- Changes in soil moisture / Syukuro Manabe. Effects of climatic change on water supplies in the western United States / Roger R. Revelle and Paul E. Waggoner -- Causes and effects of sea level rise / James G. Titus -- Greenhouse surprises / Wallace S. Broecker -- Sources, sinks, trends, and opportunities / Peter Ciborowski -- Global warming, acid rain, and ozone depletion / Ralph Cicerone -- Observed increases in greenhouse gases and predicted climatic changes /V. Ramanathan -- Methane, CFCs, and other greenhouse gases / Donald R. Blake -- Dangers from climate warming: a public awakening / Rafe Pomerance -- One last chance for a national energy policy / Ralph Cavanagh, David Goldstein, and Robert Watson -- Analysis of the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer / Office of Technology Assessment -- Near-term congressional options for responding to global climate change / William R. Moomaw. |
Place Published |
Washington, D.C. : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1989. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
89001830 |
Merged OCLC records |
60066707; 985776822; 986155140; 986304758; 988402042 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20050321153231 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02743cam 2200385 a 45010 |