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Global environmental change : its nature and impact
- Title
- Global environmental change : its nature and impact / John J. Hidore.
- Author
- Hidore, John J.
- Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QC981.8.C5 H53 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 263 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Nature of Global Environmental Change -- Ch. 2. Early Geologic Time: The Precambrian Era -- Ch. 3. Late Geologic Time -- Ch. 4. The Pleistocene: The Age of Ice -- Ch. 5. Early Growth and Spread of the Human Population -- Ch. 6. The Holocene: Earth's Climate Since Deglaciation -- Ch. 7. The Last Millenium -- Ch. 8. Drought, Famine, and Climatic Oscillation -- Ch. 9. Industrial Revolution and World Population Growth / D. Gordon Bennett -- Ch. 10. Land Degradation: Accelerated Soil Erosion -- Ch. 11. Global Land Degradation -- Ch. 12. Human Impact on the Hydrosphere -- Ch. 13. Global Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry -- Ch. 14. Stratospheric Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation -- Ch. 15. Habitat Destruction, Alien Species, and Biodiversity -- Ch. 16. Effects of Pesticides, Hunting, and Other Human Activities on Biodiversity -- Ch. 17. Forecasts and Predictions -- Ch. 18. The Potential for Global Warming --
- Ch. 19. Potential Impact of Global Warming / John E. Oliver -- Ch. 20. Future Global Environmental Change and the Human Species -- Appendix: Declaration on the Human Environment.
- ISBN
- 0023541342
- LCCN
- 95046750
- OCLC
- 33664365
- ocm33664365
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries