The Global Warming Desk Reference
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: October 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780313316791
Subjects: Chemical pollution; Reference works; Chemical Composition Of Atmosphere; Climate Changes; Science; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - General; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Global warming; Greenhouse effect
Description: "With global temperatures rising rapidly during the past quarter century, "infrared forcing," popularly known as the "greenhouse effect," has attracted worldwide concern. This book is a concise, college-level compendium of the research on global warming. It surveys the scientific consensus on the issue, describes recent findings, and also considers the arguments of skeptics who doubt that global warming is a threat.

Suggesting that the effects of global warming can be seen in the melting of glaciers and the dying of coral reefs, the work summarizes the potential impact on human health and on plants and animals worldwide. Concluding with possible solutions, the book contains one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on the subject."--BOOK JACKET.