| Author |
Kusky, Timothy M.
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| Publication |
New York : Facts on File, [2009]
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| Copyright date |
©2009 |
| Description |
xviii, 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Call # |
551.6 K |
| Series |
Hazardous earth
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|
Hazardous earth.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-[148]) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Climatic zones.
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| ISBN |
9780816064663 : |
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0816064660 |
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