The Global Warming Desk Reference. (Record no. 55526)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780313006975 |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780313316791 |
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| Classification number | 363.73874 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johansen, Bruce E. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Global Warming Desk Reference. |
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| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Bloomsbury Publishing USA, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2001. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (374 pages) |
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| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Diary of a Warm Winter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Introduction -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 A Sketch of the Problem -- RISING LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GASES DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL EFFLUVIA -- A BRIEF SURVEY OF WORLDWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS GENERATION -- THE ABUNDANCE AND CONVENIENCE OF FOSSIL FUELS -- DIPLOMACY AND FOSSIL-FUELED REALITY -- HUMANKIND'S ASSUMED SUPERIORITY TO NATURE -- INCREASING HUMAN POPULATIONS AND MATERIAL AFFLUENCE -- "PREMEDITATED WASTE" -- THE BILL WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THE PRESENT GENERATION HAS LEFT THE TABLE -- CAPITALISM'S PENCHANT FOR GROWTH -- THE SPECIAL INTEREST STATE -- THE GASOLINE-POWERED AUTOMOBILE -- FOSSIL-FUELED AIR TRAVEL -- THE WORLD BANK'S PRIORITIES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 The General Consensus on Global Warming -- EVIDENCE OF RISING TEMPERATURES -- HISTORY OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AS AN IDEA -- ROGER REVELLE, "GRANDFATHER OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT" -- GLOBAL WARMING BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE -- BRITAIN'S ACTIVIST ROLE IN CLIMATE-CHANGE DIPLOMACY -- SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS -- THE COMPLEXITY OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND DYNAMICS -- WHITHER THE MISSING CARBON DIOXIDE? -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A GIVEN RISE IN ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASES AND A GIVEN RISE IN TEMPERATURE -- ENDURING IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING -- REGIONAL VARIATIONS OF WARMING MODELED -- BIOTIC FEEDBACKS: WILL GLOBAL WARMING FEED UPON ITSELF? -- THE "METHANE BURP" HYPOTHESIS -- NEW FORECASTS OF TEMPERATURE RISE -- THE POSSIBLE SPEED OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- OZONE DEPLETION'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 Warmer Is Better -- Richer Is Healthier: Global-warming Skeptics -- THOMAS GALE MOORE: WARMING AS BALM FOR HUMANKIND -- GLOBAL-WARMING SKEPTICS AND THE SUNSPOT CYCLE -- ORGANIZED GREENHOUSE SKEPTICISM: THE GLOBAL CLIMATE COALITION AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY. |
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| Formatted contents note | SULFUR AS SAVIOR: THE SKEPTICS' CASE FOR AEROSOLS -- THE SKEPTICS AND SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL -- GET USED TO IT: S. FRED SINGER -- SKEPTICS AND URBAN HEAT ISLANDS -- SKEPTICS AND THE LIMITS OF CLIMATE MODELING -- QUESTIONING THE MOTIVES OF "GLOBAL WARMISTS" -- CARBON AS COOLING AGENT? -- WARMER PLANET = MORE SNOW? -- CARBON DIOXIDE "ENRICHMENT" -- CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OF THE SKEPTICS -- SOME CORPORATIONS BREAK RANK WITH THE SKEPTICS -- JAMES HANSEN AS A SKEPTIC? -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 Icemelt: Glacial, Arctic, and Antarctic -- WHITHER THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET? -- COULD GLOBAL WARMING REDUCE SEA LEVELS? -- ARCTIC ICEMELT -- THE SPEED OF POLAR CLIMATE CHANGE -- A COOLER EUROPE IN A WARMER WORLD? -- THAWING PERMAFROST: THE "DRUNKEN FOREST" -- MOUNTAIN GLACIERS: SLIP-SLIDING AWAY -- WILL GREENHOUSE FORCING BREAK THE GLACIAL CYCLE? -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 Warming Seas -- RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURES -- SEA-LEVEL RISE AND SMALL ISLAND NATIONS -- A HOLOCAUST FOR CORAL REEFS -- WARMING AND DECLINE OF LIFE IN THE OCEAN FOOD WEB -- REDRAWING THE MAPS: DIMENSIONS OF SEA LEVEL RISE -- GLOBAL WARMING AND TROPICAL CYCLONES -- GLOBAL WARMING AND OCEAN CIRCULATION -- GLOBAL WARMING AND EL NIÑO/LA NIÑA -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 Flora and Fauna -- THE DANGERS OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION -- HURRICANE MITCH AND DEFORESTATION -- FIRE, CARBON, AND BOREAL (NORTHERN) FORESTS -- ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS TO WARMING -- GLOBAL WARMING AND FISHERIES -- GLOBAL WARMING AND AGRICULTURE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 Human Health -- GLOBAL WARMING AND DISEASE -- TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AIR POLLUTION, AND HUMAN MALADIES -- MORTALITY FROM HEAT WAVES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 A Fact of Daily Life: Global Warming and Indigenous Peoples -- GOVERNMENTAL REPORTS CONFIRM NATIVE OBSERVATIONS -- GLOBAL WARMING AND NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC -- NATIVE EXPECTATIONS OF INDUSTRIALISM'S DEMISE. |
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| Formatted contents note | SACRED AND PROFANE: THE NAVAJOS AND POWER GENERATION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 Greenhouse Gases and the Weather: Now, and in the Year 2100 -- INSURANCE CLAIMS AND REFUGEE NUMBERS AS INDEXES OF STORM SEVERITY -- GREENHOUSE WEATHER -- HEAT, DROUGHT, AND THE GREAT PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA -- ANTICIPATED EFFECTS IN NEW YORK CITY -- WARMING'S POSSIBLE EFFECTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EXPECTED EFFECTS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- WHAT MAY HAPPEN AFTER THE YEAR 2100? -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 Possible Solutions -- THE IPCC'S COPING STRATEGIES -- CARBON AS A TAXABLE COMMODITY -- FULL COST-PRICING OF ENERGY -- HIGHER RATES OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY -- BASIC CHANGES WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY -- URBAN ZONING CHANGES -- "A LAW OF THE AIR" -- CHANGE THE AUTOMOBILE -- WIND ENERGY AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES -- BIOMASS FUEL -- REFORESTATION -- PHOTOVOLTAICS AND OTHER SOLAR ENERGY SOURCES -- INJECTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE DEEP OCEANS -- ATMOSPHERIC MODIFICATION -- THE ERADICATION OF INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION? -- REFERENCES -- Postscript -- REFERENCES -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. |
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| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Global warming. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Johansen, Bruce E. |
| Title | The Global Warming Desk Reference |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA,c2001 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780313316791 |
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