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The A-Z of Global Warming
Simon Rosser
出版simon rosser, 2008
主題Science / Environmental ScienceScience / Global Warming & Climate Change
ISBN09558092079780955809200
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xvlrz06uhyUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Time is running out for Planet Earth ... Atmospheric co2 has increased by 36 per cent since 1750: How does this effect Earth's climate? Is mankind to blame? What is the Greenhouse effect?Earth's oceans are rising and ice caps melting - What is the cause? What are the consequences? What about Earth's historical climate?This book takes a look back over the millennia to find out what may lie ahead. Earth's temperature is increasing - How do we know? What's the cause? Is the sun to blame?Renewable energy - What is it? Are biofuels really environmentally friendly?Global warming and the weather - Are hurricanes becoming more intense? What about floods, droughts and heatwaves?Uncertain about global warming? - Find out what the sceptics are saying. Want to know what you can do to help? - find out what governments are doing; find out what you can do. Is it all too late? The A-Z of Global Warming is an assimilation of the latest, most up-to-date scientific knowledge on the subject based on information sourced from NASA, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), The Stern Review on The Economics of Climate Change, The World Wildlife Fund, The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mongabay as well as other relevant organisations. Find out all the answers to the above and much more inside this book ...