Global warming the complete briefing John Houghton

By: Houghton, J. T. (John Theodore), 1931-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2009Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 438 p. col. ill., col. maps, ports. 25 cmISBN: 9780521709163 (pbk.)Subject(s): Global warming | Climatic changesDDC classification: 363.73874 LOC classification: QC981.8.G56 | H68 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
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Previous ed.: 2004

Includes bibliographical references and index

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