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the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it
Planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it
325 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
With this book, the author, former Vice President Gore, brings together research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Effects and consequences of global warming : climate crisis -- The atmosphere and greenhouse gases -- Temperatures and ocean warming -- Shrinking of glaciers -- Floods and precipitation changes -- Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts -- Effects on the poles : Antarctica and the Arctic regions -- Effects on the oceans -- Effects on forests and deforestation -- Rivers and the consequences of irrigation -- Vectors for emerging infectious diseases -- Effects of energy and the new technologies -- The politicization of global warming -- Global stewardship.
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Quill award for history/current events/politics, 2006