Global warming
Subtitle: the complete briefing
By: John Houghton.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780521882569; 9780521709163
Subjects: Global warming; Climatic changes
Description: John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, then addresses the question of what action might be taken by governments, industry, and by individuals to mitigate the effects.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global warming and climate change; title: The greenhouse effect; title: The greenhouse gases; title: Climates of the past; title: Modelling the climate; title: Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond; title: The impacts of climate change; title: Why should we be concerned?; title: Weighing the uncertainty; title: A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change; title: Energy and transport for the future; title: The global village.