| Publication |
London, Rodale International Ltd, 2005.
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| Description |
288pPurple spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Climate describes the marvelous and complex workings of Earth's climate systems, from its primordial atmosphere to today's extreme changes in weather, ecology, and environment. Climate systems around the world are being transformed by rising temperatures. Every continent is undergoing alarming changes: melting glaciers, deadly droughts, severe storms, and loss of habitat for plants and animals - and humans.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Is climate changing?
PART I: CLIMATES OF THE PAST: The birth of climate
Prehistoric climates
Climate and mankind
PART II: CLIMATE TODAY AND TOMORROW: Human impact on climate
Too hot to handle
Melting snow and ice
Rising seas
Changing ecosystems
Cities under siege
Extreme weather
Our future: biome by biome
Limiting climate change
Adapt we must
APPENDICES: A chronology of climate
Charting climate change
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| Standard Number |
1594862885 Hb.
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