Sudden and disruptive climate change exploring the real risks and how we can avoid them /
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1.
- Part 2.
- Part 3.
- Part 4.
- Part 5.
- Michael S. Kearney
- Robert Bindschadler
- Eric Rignot
- Claire L. Parkinson
- Robert W Corell
- John C. Topping, Jr
- Devra Lee Davis and
- Judith A. Curry
- A. Barrie Pittock
- Michael C. MacCracken
- Bruce C. Douglas and
- Jindong Wang
- Robert Hunter and
- Robert Wilson,
- Roger Flood,
- Brian Colle,
- Frank Buonaiuto,
- Douglas Hill,
- Malcolm Bowman,
- Virginia Burkett
- John C. Topping, Jr and
- Crispin Tickell
- William A. Nitze
- Andrew E. Derocher
- F. Stuart Chapin III
- Eric S. Kasischke and
- Anthony C Janetos
- Paul C Pritchard
- James M. Loy
- Stephen P Leatherman
- Alexia Kelly.
- Denis Hayes and panelists
- Thomas R. Casten
- Christopher Flavin
- Nasir Khattak
- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
- Erin Frey
- Dan Worth
- Introduction to Part 1 /
- Ten Reasons Why Climate Change May be More Severe than Projected /
- Potential Increased Hurricane Activity in a Greenhouse Warmed World /
- Potential Effects of Weather Extremes and Climate Change on Human Health /
- The Potential for Rapid Melting of Ice and Amplification of Sea Level Rise
- Introduction to Part 2 /
- Changes in Polar Sea Ice Coverage /
- Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet and Implications for Global Sea Level Rise /
- Why Predicting West Antarctic Ice Sheet Behavior is So Hard: What We Know, What We Don't Know and How We Will Find Out /
- The Potential for Rapid Changes to the Weather and Climate
- The Potential for Dramatic Changes in Coastal Regions
- Introduction to Part 3 /
- The Honorable Tom Roper
- The Potential for Significant Impacts on Chesapeake Bay from Global Warming /
- The Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast: Human Development Patterns, Declining Ecosystems and Escalating Vulnerability to Storms and Sea Level Rise /
- Threats and Responses Associated with Rapid Climate Change in Metropolitan New York /
- Increasing the Resilience of Our Coasts: Coastal Collision Course of Rising Sea Level, Storms, Coastal Erosion and Development /
- Preparing and Protecting American Families from the Onslaught of Catastrophe /
- Admiral
- The End of Evolution? The Potential for Rapid Changes in Ecosystems
- Introduction to Part 4 /
- Where Will Ecosystems Go? /
- Increasing Vulnerability of Alaska's Boreal Forest as a Result of Climate Warming and the Changing Fire Regime /
- Polar Bears in a Warming Arctic /
- The Potential for Accelerating Action to Limit Climate Change
- Introduction to Part 5 /
- International Action to Buffer Against the Rapid Onset of Climate Change /
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- A Moral and Profitable Path to Climate Stabilization /
- Moving Toward Climate Stabilization: Iceland's Example /
- President of Iceland
- Climate Impacts in the Developing World: A Case Study of the Small Island States /
- Stimulating a Clean Energy Revolution /
- Recycling Energy to Reduce Costs and Mitigate Climate Change /
- Addressing Climate Change: Religious Perspectives and Initiatives /
- Climate Solutions on Today's Campuses: How Today's Students Must Drive a Modern Industrial Revolution /
- Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions: The Role of Greenhouse Gas Offsets /