Global warming
By: Shasta Gaughen, book editor.
Contributors: Gaughen, Shasta.
Series: Contemporary issues companion
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Detroit, [Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Global warming
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Understanding global warming; title: 1. Researchers investigate the global warming phenomenon / Constanza Villalba; title: 2. Global warming research in the Artic / Glenn Hodges; title: 3. Scientific evidence for global warming / Robert T. Watson; title: 4. Scientific skepticism about global warming / Elizabeth Royte; title: 5. Global warming results from natural causes / Sallie Baliunas, interviewed by James Glassman; title: 6. The influence of fringe science on global warming policy / Katharine Mieszkowski; title: 7. Media misrepresentation of global warming studies / Mark LaRochelle, Peter Spencer; title: ch. 2. The consequences of global warming; title: 1. The worldwide effects of global warming / Mark Lynas; title: 2. Global warming's impact on weather patterns / Gabrielle Walker; title: 3. The potential effects of global warming on human health / Bruce Agnew; title: 4. Global warming in the Antarctic / Charles W. Petit; title: 5. The impact of global warming on Arctic communities / Gordon Laird; title: 6. Sinking islands in the Pacific / Piers Moore Ede; title: ch. 3. Solving the global warming problem; title: 1. The international community must act together to solve global warming / Seth Dunn; title: 2. A global warming solution is not necessary / Patrick J. Michaels; title: 3. Carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced worldwide / Economist; title: 4. The use of fossil fuels should be curtailed / Vanessa Baird; title: 5. A proposal for international funding of energy alternative / Ross Gelbspan; title: 6. Contraction and convergence : a new plan to stop global warming / Aubrey Meyer, interviewed by Fred Pearce.