Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming /
Philander, S. George.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.
Between the idea and the reality -- Is our planet fragile or robust? -- Light and air -- Why the peak of a mountain is cold -- Capricious clouds -- The climate tapestry -- Weather, the music of our sphere -- The ocean in motion -- El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation -- The paradox of the faint sun but warm earth -- Why summer is warmer than winter -- The ozone hole -- Global warming -- Appendixes.
Global warming.
Environmental sciences
Human ecology.