TY  - BOOK
AU  - Philander, S. George.
TI  - Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change
SN  - 9781412958783 ( 3 vols.)
AV  - QC 981.8.G56 .En19 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, CA
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Global warming
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  -  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
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