TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wyman,Richard L.
TI  - Global climate change and life on earth
SN  - 0412028115
AV  - QH545.T4 G56 1991
U1  - 574.5/222 20
PY  - 1991///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge, Chapman and Hall
KW  - Global temperature changes
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  -  Congresses
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - United States
KW  - Biological diversity conservation
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
KW  -  United States
KW  - Energy policy
N1  - 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.]
ER  -