Climate change : shifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts Timothy Kusky.
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TextSeries: Hazardous EarthNew York : Facts on File, [2009]Description: xviii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780816064663
- 0816064660
- QC 981.8.C5 .K968 2009
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DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference | Reference | QC 981.8.C5 .K968 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3HSL2014004255 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index.
Natural long-term climate change: atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, supercontinents, and solar evolution -- Natural medium- and short-term climate change: astronomical forcing, El Nino-southern oscillation, thermohaline circulation, and massive volcanism -- Human-induced climate changes -- Global climate changes that lead to droughts and desert formation -- Examples of expanding deserts and drought disasters -- Shrinking glaciers -- Past, present, and future : prediction and mitigation of future climate change -- Summary.
Part of an eight-volume set for students, this book examines the past, present, and future of Earth's climate.
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