| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Environmental science, engineering and technology |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Contents |
Aviation and climate change: aircraft emissions expected to grow, but technological and operational improvements and government policies can help control emissions / United States Government Accountability Office -- Aviation & emissions: a primer / Federal Aviation Administration -- Hearing on aviation and the environment: emissions / Richard L. Altman -- Hearing on aviation and the environment: emmissions / James K Coyne -- Statement of Daniel K Elwell on aviation emissions / Federal Aviation Administration -- Written testimony of Dr. David W. Fahey on aviation and the environment: emissions / United States. Department of Commerce -- Aviation and the environment: emissions and the commercial airlines' climate change commitment / James C. May -- Aviation and the environment: NextGen and research and development are keys to reducing emissions and their impact on health and climate / Gerald L. Dillingham -- Aviation and climate change / James E. McCarthy |
| Summary |
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aviation currently accounts for about 2 percent of human-generated global carbon dioxide emissions, the most significant greenhouse gas and about 3 percent of the potential warming effect of global emissions that can affect the earth's climate, including carbon dioxide. This book discusses the IPCC's medium-range estimate forecasts that by 2050 the global aviation industry, including aircraft emissions, will emit about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions and about 5 percent of the potential warming effect of all global human-generated emissions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Aircraft exhaust emissions -- Environmental aspects -- United States
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Environmental aspects -- United States
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Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects -- United States
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Climatic changes -- United States
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Environmental aspects
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Aircraft exhaust emissions -- Environmental aspects
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Climatic changes
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Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blumenthal, George T., editor.
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| LC no. |
2020678985 |
| ISBN |
9781613244579 |
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1613244576 |
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