The atlas of climate change
Subtitle: mapping the world's greatest challenge
By: Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.
Contributors: Downing, Thomas E.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780520255586
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Climatic changes -- Maps.; Climatic changes -- Charts, diagrams, etc.; Climat -- Changements.; Climat -- Changements -- Cartes.; Climat -- Changements -- Tableaux, graphiques, etc.
Genres: Maps.; Charts, diagrams, etc.; Cartes.; Tableaux, graphiques, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-109) and index.
Table of contents: title: Signs of change; title: Warning signs; title: Polar changes; title: Glacial retreat; title: Everyday extremes; title: Forcing change; title: The greenhouse effect; title: The climate system; title: Interpreting past climates; title: Forecasting future climates; title: Driving climate change; title: Emissions past and present; title: Fossil fuels; title: Methane and other gases; title: Transportation; title: Disrupting the carbon balance; title: Agriculture; title: Expected consequences; title: Disrupted ecosystems; title: Threatened water supplies; title: Food security; title: Threats to health; title: Rising sea levels; title: Cities at risk; title: Cultural losses; title: Responding to change; title: International action; title: Meeting Kyoto targets; title: Carbon trading; title: Financing responses; title: Local commitment; title: Carbon dioxide and economic growth; title: Renewable energy; title: Adapting to change; title: Commiting to solutions; title: Personal action; title: Public action; title: Climate change data; title: Data table.