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245 0 0 _aGlobal climate change and life on earth /
_cRichard L. Wyman, editor ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
300 _axxi, 282 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aBased on presentations at a conference held at the New York State Museum, Albany, April 24-25, 1989.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aChanges 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.
505 0 _aMultiple 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.].
590 _aPo No. 71202
650 0 _aGlobal temperature changes
_xEnvironmental aspects
_x Congresses.
_9567
650 0 _aClimatic changes
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zUnited States
_x Congresses.
_9568
650 0 _aBiological diversity conservation
_zUnited States
_xCongresses.
_9569
650 0 _aGlobal warming
_xEnvironmental aspects
_xCongresses.
_9570
650 0 _aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric
_xEnvironmental aspects
_z United States
_xCongresses.
_9571
650 0 _aEnergy policy
_zUnited States
_xCongresses.
_9572
653 _aGlobal warming
700 1 0 _aWyman, Richard L.
_9566
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336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
942 _cBOOK
264 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge, Chapman and Hall,
_c1991.
040 _dCoBA