The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.
- Dow, Kirstin, 1963-
- Date:
- 2011
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Abingdon, Oxon : Earthscan, 2011.
Physical description
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 25 cm
Edition
Third edition.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-124) and index.
Contents
Part 1: Signs of Change -- Warning Signs -- Polar Changes -- Shrinking Glaciers -- Ocean Changes -- Everyday Extremes -- Part 2: Changing Climate -- The Greenhouse Effect -- The Climate System -- Interpreting Past Climates -- Forecasting Future Climates -- Climate & Social Crises -- Part 3: Driving Climate Change -- Emissions Past and Present -- Fossil Fuels -- Methane and Other Gases -- Transportation -- Agriculture -- The Carbon Balance -- Part 4: Expected Consequences -- Disrupted Ecosystems -- Water Secirity -- Food Security -- Threats to Health -- Rising Sea Levels -- Cities at Risk -- Cultural Losses -- Part 5: Responding to Change -- Urgent Action to Adapt -- Building Capacity to Adapt -- City Responses -- Renewable Energy -- Low Carbon Futures -- Counting Carbon -- Part 6: International Policy & Action -- International Action -- Meeting Kyoto Targets -- Looking Beyond Kyoto -- Trading Carbon Credits -- Financing the Response -- Part 7: Committing to Solutions -- Personal Action -- Public Action -- Part 8: Climate Change Data.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionQC903 2011D74aOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 1849712174
- 9781849712170
- 9780520268234
- 0520268237