The Britannica Guide to Climate Change [illustrated edition] 9780762433926, 0762433922

Climate Change is one of the most controversial subjects of our age. While scientists have been observing radical change

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English Pages 477 Year 2009

Table of contents :
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Part 1 The big picture......Page 17
1 Climate change: a short introduction......Page 19
2 What is climate?......Page 56
3 A history of weather forecasting......Page 175
Part 2 The changing world......Page 201
4 The changing planet: land......Page 203
5 The changing planet: hydrosphere......Page 228
6 The changing planet: atmosphere......Page 301
7 The decline in biodiversity......Page 351
Part 3 Ideas, arguments, and progress......Page 401
8 Environmentalism: past, present, and future......Page 403
9 Key environmental thinkers......Page 425
10 Respones to change......Page 436
A......Page 465
C......Page 466
E......Page 468
G......Page 469
I......Page 470
N......Page 471
P......Page 472
S......Page 473
T......Page 474
W......Page 475

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