TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johansen,Bruce E.
TI  - The Global Warming Desk Reference
SN  - 9780313006975
AV  - QC981.8.G56J64 2002 
U1  - 363.73874 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing USA
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; 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; 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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