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Ecological impacts of climate change

The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provi...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Aquatic ecology > Climatic factors > United States.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes > Risk assessment > United States.
Global warming.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Environmental aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Meteorology & Climatology. > Earth Sciences
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Summary:The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds. The book was written as a basis for a forthcoming illustrated booklet, designed to provide the public with accurate scientific information on this important subject.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 57 p.) : ill., maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-51).
ISBN:9780309127110 (electronic bk.)
0309127114 (electronic bk.)

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