Global Environmental Change
Contributors: R.E. Hester (Editor); R.M. Harrison (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: April 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780854042807
Subjects: Global warming; Science; Environmental Studies; Weather; Atmospheric Chemistry; Climate Changes; Pollution; Science/Mathematics; Global environmental change; Environmental aspects; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; Climatic changes; Environmental protection
First sentence: It has been known for about 175 years that the presence in the atmosphere of 'greenhouse gases' such as carbon dioxide that absorb in the infrared part of the spectrum leads to a warming of the Earth's surface through the 'greenhouse' effect.