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Climate change : a wicked problem : complexity and uncertainty at the intersection of science, economics, politics and human behavior /

Frank P. Incropera, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2016

Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influen[...]

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Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis /

Tim F. Flannery, Author | New York : Atlantic Monthly Press | 2015

Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering.

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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world /

Oliver Morton, Author | London : Granta | 2015

In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, th[...]

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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world /

Oliver Morton, Author | London : Granta | 2015

In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, th[...]

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Climate change : what the science tells us /

Charles Fletcher, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2013

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Overheated : the human cost of climate change /

Andrew T. Guzman, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2013

In Overheated, Guzman takes climate change out of the realm of scientific abstraction to explore its real-world consequences. He writes not as a scientist, but as an authority on international law and economics

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Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Andrew Dessler, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

The first half of the book focuses on the science of modern climate change, including evidence that the Earth is warming and a basic description of climate physics. It also covers concepts like radiative forcing, feedbacks, and the carbon cycle.[...]

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The Little Data Book on Climate Change 2011

[S.l.] : World Bank | 2011

It provides a broad overview of climate change data and includes a diverse set of indicators selected from both the global economic and scientific communities. These indicators reflect recognition of the intrinsic relationship between climate ch[...]

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Oxford handbook of climate change and society

John S. Dryzek, Editor ; Richard B. Noorgaard, Editor ; David Schlosberg, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford handbooks | 2011

"Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do,[...]

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Who speaks for the climate? : making sense of media reporting on climate change /

Maxwell T. Boykoff, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

"The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues - from news to entertainment - are powerful and important l[...]

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Adaptive governance and climate change

Ronald D. Brunner ; Amanda H. Lynch | [S.l.] : American Meteorological Society | 2010

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Hack the planet : science's best hope-- or worst nightmare-- for averting climate catastrophe /

Eli Kintisch, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2010

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An introduction to climate change economics and policy

Felix FitzRoy ; Elissaios Papyrakis | [S.l.] : Earthscan | 2010

Introduction -- Basic science of climate change -- Prospects for agriculture -- Economic growth, well-being and happiness -- Development in a changing climate -- Ethics and climate change -- Kyoto and other international environmental agreements[...]

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