An inconvenient truth
Subtitle: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it
By: Al Gore.
Contributors: Melcher Media
Publisher: Rodale Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781594865671
Subjects: Environnement; Government policy; Global warming; Atmospheric Greenhouse effect; Effet de serre (Météorologie); Protection; Environmental protection; Environmental policy; Politique gouvernementale; Réchauffement de la terre; Human ecology; Écologie humaine
Description: With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too—that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Notes: "Produced by Melcher Media"&mdash;T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Effects and consequences of global warming: climate crisis; title: The atmosphere and greenhouse gases; title: Temperatures and ocean warming; title: Shrinking of glaciers; title: Floods and precipitation changes; title: Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts; title: Effects on the Poles: Antarctica and the Arctic regions; title: Effects on the oceans; title: Effects on forests and deforestation; title: Rivers and the consequences of irrigation; title: Vectors for emerging infectious diseases; title: Effects of energy and the new technologies; title: The Politicization of global warming; title: Global stewardship.