The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006Description: 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0520250230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780520250239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- QC981.8.C5 D69 2006
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | QC981.8 .C5 .D69 2006 | 1 | Available | 50583010321838 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-109) and index.
Signs of change -- Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- Forcing change -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Driving climate change -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Expected consequences -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- Responding to change -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Commiting to solutions -- Personal action -- Public action -- Climate change data -- Data table.