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Global warming and climate change demystified

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silver, Jerry.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
Series:	McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series.
Subjects:	Global warming > Popular works. Climatic changes > Popular works. NATURE > Weather. SCIENCE > Meteorology & Climatology. > Earth Sciences Electronic books.
Online Access:	View fulltext via EzAccess

Table of Contents:

Global perspective
thinking about the earth
What we know and how we know it. Taking the earth's temperature
Signs of global warming
Why climate changes. The earth's thermostat
keeping the earth warm
Greenhouse chemistry
Origin and impact of greenhouse gases
What we can expect and what we can do. Consequences of global warming
Resetting the earth's thermostat
solutions
Final exam
Appendix A. Glossary
Appendix B. Milestones in the history of climate change
Appendix C. Satellites that monitor weather and climate
Appendix D. Units of measurement applied to climate change
Appendix E. Selected resources
Appendix F. Summary of key climate variables
Appendix G. Lingering doubts and concerns
Appendix H. Answers to chapter review questions
Appendix I. Answers to final exam.