LEADER 00000cam a22004218a 4500 001 ocn191865843 003 OCoLC 005 20090123065655.0 008 080201t20092009nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2008005134 020 9780816064663 :|c$39.50 020 0816064660 035 (OCoLC)191865843 040 DLC|cDLC|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dILC|dBKL|dUtOrBLW 049 BKLA 082 00 551.6|222 099 551.6|aK 100 1 Kusky, Timothy M. 245 10 Climate change :|bshifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts /|cTimothy Kusky. 264 1 New York :|bFacts on File,|c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 xviii, 156 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Hazardous earth 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-[148]) and index. 505 0 Natural long-term climate change: atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, supercontinents, and solar evolution -- Natural medium- and short-term climate change: astronomical forcing, El Niño-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. 520 An engrossing history of Earth's climate, including a thorough examination of the myriad causes of climate change over time, human-induced climate change over the past 200 years, and the affect that climate change has had on the environment. 650 0 Climatic changes. 650 0 Climatic zones. 830 0 Hazardous earth. 947 IMT 948 LTI 2018-07-09 948 MARS 994 C0|bBKL