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Astronomy and the climate crisis

Antony Cooke, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2012

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Coming climate crisis? : consider the past, beware the big fix /

Claire L. Parkinson, Author | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield | Why of where series | 2010

Decisively cutting through the hyperbole on both sides of the debate, the author, a distinguished NASA climatologist brings much needed balance and perspective to the highly contentious issue of climate change. Offering a knowledgeable overview [...]

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Saving Kyoto : an insider's guide to how it works, why it matters and what it means for the future

Graciela. Chichilnisky ; Kristen A. Sheeran | [S.l.] : New Holland | 2009

Foreword / Jean Charles-Hourcade -- 1. Global Crisis -- 2. Insuring the Future -- 3. Road to Kyoto -- 4. Kyoto and its Carbon Market -- 5. Kyoto's Uncertain Future -- 6. Saving Kyoto -- 7. Financial Turmoil: What Kyoto Means to the Future.

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Climate change : biological and human aspects

Jonathan Cowie | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2008

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Six degrees : our future on a hotter planet

Mark Lynas, Author | New York (United States) : Harper Perennial | 2008

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Human-induced climate change : an interdisciplinary assessment

M. E. Schlesinger | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

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Global change and the Earth System : a planet under pressure

Steffen W. | New York, NY : Springer | The IGBP series | 2004

This book describes what is known about the Eath System and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth System and the well-being of humankind, as well as expl[...]

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Abrupt climate change : inevitable surprises / Committee on Abrupt Climate Change, Ocean Studies Board, Polar Research Board, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Sciences Studies, National Research Council

[S.l.] : National Academy Press | 2002

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Biotic response to global change : the last 145 million years

Stephen J. Culver, Editor ; Peter F. Rawson, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | The natural history museum | 2000

Concern about the effects of global change on our planet's future has driven much current research into the last few thousand years of Earth history. In contrast, this volume takes a much longer viewpoint to provide a historical perspective to r[...]

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The forgiving air : understanding environmental change

Richard C. J. Somerville | Berkeley : University of California Press | 1996

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Aerosol forcing of climate : report of the Dahlem workshop on aerosol forcing of climate, Berlin 1994, April 24-29

J. Heintzenberg, Editor ; R. J. Charlson, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Environmental sciences research report | 1995

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