Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change /

Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change / S. George Philander, general editor. - Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, c2008. - 3 v. : ill. (some col.) 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

2. Includes coverage of the science and hsitory of climate cahmge 3. Emphasizes the importance of the effects , responsibilities, and ethics of climate change 4. Presents contributions from leading scholars and institutional experts in the geosciences 5.Serves as general resource for geography, oceanography, biology, climatology, history, and many other subjects 6. Features a climate timeline, a glossary, and an appendix of charts and tables depicting climate change in the past and today. the polarizing controversies over climate change theories, the role of socities in climate change, the industrial and economic factors involved in climate change, and the sociological aspects of climate change Contains more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change - ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Features: 1. a 4 - color , 16 pages comprehensive intorduction to the complexities of global warming

9781412958783 ( 3 vols.)


Climatic changes
Global warming

QC 981.8.G56 / .En19 2008