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Title:
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CO2 rising : the world's greatest environmental change
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Authors:
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Tyler Volk
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2008
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-262-22083-5
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Size:
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xvi, 223 p. / ill. / 22 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QC879.8
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Subjects:
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects
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Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
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Carbon dioxide
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Ecology
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Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects
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Description:
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1. Introducing the CO2 molecule and its carbon atom -- 2. From a molecule in beer to the great cycle of carbon in the biosphere -- 3. The worldwide increase of CO2 -- 4. Fossil-fuel carbon atoms join the biosphere -- 5. Carbon's fluxes and its rate of increase -- 6. Time capsules in ice -- 7. Wealth, energy, and CO2 -- 8. How high will the CO2 go? -- 9. Reining in the CO2 increase -- 10. The ultimate fates of our carbon atoms.
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