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Global climate change and life on earth / Richard L. Wyman, editor ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.

Contributor(s): New York : Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1991Description: xxi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0412028115
  • 0412028212
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.5/222 20
LOC classification:
  • QH545.T4 G56 1991
Contents:
Changes of temperature and hydrology caused by an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as predicted by general circulation models / Richard T. Wetherald -- Global climate change and water resources / John T. Hayes -- The role of forests in affecting the greenhouse gas composition of the atmosphere / Richard A. Houghton -- Tree rings as indicators of climate change and the potential response of forests to the greenhouse effect / Edward R. Cook -- Ecosystem sensitivity to climate change and complex responses / James S. Clark -- Consequences of global warming for biological diversity / Robert L. Peters -- Double jeopardy for migrating wildlife / Robert T. Lester and J. Peter Myers.
Multiple threats to wildlife : climate change, acid precipitation, and habitat fragmentation / Richard L. Wyman -- Extinction of species : past, present, and future / David W. Steadman -- Impact of climate-induced sea level rise on coastal areas / Stephen P. Leatherman -- The nexus of agriculture, environment, and the economy under climate change / Daniel J. Dudek -- Global climate change : potential impacts on public health / Janice Longstreth -- Potential impact of global warming : climate change and human mortality / Laurence S. Kalkstein -- Energy policy and global warming / Jan Beyea -- The challenge of global warming / Dean Abrahamson -- Now what do we do? / Richard L. Wyman ... [et al.].
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QH545 .T4 G56 1991 1 Available 50583010000150
Total holds: 0

Based on presentations at a conference held at the New York State Museum, Albany, April 24-25, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changes of temperature and hydrology caused by an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as predicted by general circulation models / Richard T. Wetherald -- Global climate change and water resources / John T. Hayes -- The role of forests in affecting the greenhouse gas composition of the atmosphere / Richard A. Houghton -- Tree rings as indicators of climate change and the potential response of forests to the greenhouse effect / Edward R. Cook -- Ecosystem sensitivity to climate change and complex responses / James S. Clark -- Consequences of global warming for biological diversity / Robert L. Peters -- Double jeopardy for migrating wildlife / Robert T. Lester and J. Peter Myers.

Multiple threats to wildlife : climate change, acid precipitation, and habitat fragmentation / Richard L. Wyman -- Extinction of species : past, present, and future / David W. Steadman -- Impact of climate-induced sea level rise on coastal areas / Stephen P. Leatherman -- The nexus of agriculture, environment, and the economy under climate change / Daniel J. Dudek -- Global climate change : potential impacts on public health / Janice Longstreth -- Potential impact of global warming : climate change and human mortality / Laurence S. Kalkstein -- Energy policy and global warming / Jan Beyea -- The challenge of global warming / Dean Abrahamson -- Now what do we do? / Richard L. Wyman ... [et al.].

Po No. 71202

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