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Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren
- Title
- Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / edited by Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QC981.8.C5 C6126 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 217 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Explains how the earth's climate system works, and how global climate change can impact individual nations. Also explains the science of why these changes are occurring, including discussion of greenhouse gases and aerosols and their effect on melting glaciers.
- Series Statement
- American and comparative environmental policy
- Uniform Title
- American and comparative environmental policy
- Subject
- Climatic changes > History
- Climatic changes > Social aspects
- Communication in science
- Changement climatique
- Effets sur l'environnement
- Information scientifique et technique
- Conséquences économiques
- Conséquences sociales
- Analyse historique
- Climatic changes
- Climatic changes > Social aspects
- Communication in science
- Klimaänderung
- Climate
- Communication
- Genre/Form
- History
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Series foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : Making climate change understandable / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman -- 2. A primer on global climate change and its likely impacts / John Abatzoglou, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Pamela Doughman, and Stefano Nespor -- 3. Climate-change effects : global and local views / John Abatzoglou, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Pamela Doughman, and Stefano Nespor -- 4. The scientific consensus on climate change : how do we know we're not wrong? / Naomi Oreskes -- 5. Climate change : how the world is responding / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman -- 6. Climate change as news : challenges in communicating environmental science / Andrew C. Revkin -- 7. Climate change and human security / Richard A. Matthew -- 8. Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman -- Glossary -- List of contributors -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9780262541930
- 0262541939
- 9780262042413
- 026204241X
- LCCN
- 2006035345
- 2546228
- OCLC
- ocm74353872
- 74353872
- SCSB-1443829
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library