Global warming : the complete briefing / John Houghton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Edition: 4thDescription: xvii, 438 p; 25 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-521-70916-3
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • CIR 363.73874 H81g 2009
Contents:
Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village.
Summary: John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, then addresses the question of what action might be taken by governments, industry, and by individuals to mitigate the effects.
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Includes index and glossary

Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village.

John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, then addresses the question of what action might be taken by governments, industry, and by individuals to mitigate the effects.

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