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.
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