Global Warming: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Global Warming: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780199548248

ISBN-10: 0199548242

ISBN-13: 9780199548248

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Mark Maslin

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Global warming is arguably the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century, one that will affect every living creature on the planet. It is also an extraordinarily complex problem, which everyone needs to understand as clearly and completely as possible. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and accessible explanation of the key aspects of global warming. Mark Maslin discusses how and why changes are occurring, sets current warming trends in the context of past climate change, examines the predicted impact of global warming, as well as the political controversies of recent years and the many proposed solutions. Fully updated for 2008, this…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English




What is global warming?



A Brief History of the Global Warming Hypothesis



Your Viewpoint Determines the Future



What is the Evidence for Climate Change?



How Do You Model the Future?



What are the Possible Future Impacts of Global Warming?



Surprises



Politics



What are the Alternatives?



Conclusion


Further


Reading


Index