Global warming
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Mark Maslin.
Series: Very short introductions -- 118
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780199548248
Subjects: Global warming; Climatic changes
Other titles: Very short introductions.
Description: This title looks at the predicted impacts of global warming and the possible surprises that could be waiting for us in the near future. It draws on material from the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Notes: "First published as a Very short introduction 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is global warming?; title: A brief history of the global warming debate; title: What is the evidence for climate change?; title: How do you model the future?; title: What are the possible future impacts?; title: Surprises; title: Politics; title: Solutions; title: Visions of a zero-carbon future.