The Britannica Guide to Climate Change
An Unbiased Guide to the Key Issue of Our Age
1st Edition
Published in December 2008
477 pages
978-1-59339-848-4 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the Britannica Guide series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our times. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both the background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-59339-848-4 (9781593398484)
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11/2008
Robinson Publishing
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1 The big picture
- 1 Climate change: a short introduction
- 2 What is climate?
- 3 A history of weather forecasting
- Part 2 The changing world
- 4 The changing planet: land
- 5 The changing planet: hydrosphere
- 6 The changing planet: atmosphere
- 7 The decline in biodiversity
- Part 3 Ideas, arguments, and progress
- 8 Environmentalism: past, present, and future
- 9 Key environmental thinkers
- 10 Respones to change
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
