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020 _a978-0-521-70916-3
040 _cFEU CAVITE LIBRARY
082 _aCIR 363.73874 H81g 2009
100 _aHoughton, John
245 1 _aGlobal warming :
_bthe complete briefing /
_cJohn Houghton.
250 _a4th
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axvii, 438 p.:
300 _c25 cm.
336 _aText
337 _aUnmediated
338 _aVolume
500 _aIncludes index and glossary
505 _aGlobal 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.
520 _aJohn 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.
546 _aEnglish
650 _aGlobal warming
650 _aClimatic changes
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