| Description |
ix, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Thomas E. Drennen and Harry M. Kaiser -- 2. Is Climate Change Occurring? Evidence from the Instrumental Record / P.D. Jones -- 3. Some issues in Detecting Climate Change Induced by Greenhouse Gases Using General Circulation Models / Benjamin D. Santer -- 4. Current Climate and Population Constraints on World Agriculture / R. Gommes -- 5. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: A Summary of a Recent international Study / Cynthia Rosenzweig and Martin L. Parry -- 6. Impacts of Climate Change on the Agriculture and Economy of the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas (MINK) Region / Pierre Crosson -- 7. Adaptation to Global Climate Change at the Fame Level / H.M. Kaiser, S.J. Riha, D.S. Wilks and R. Sampath -- 8. Carbon Dioxide Effects on Plants: Uncertainties and Implications for Modeling Crop Response to Climate Change / David W. Wolfe and Jon D. Erickson -- 9. Distributional Effects of Global Warming and Emissions Abatement / Steven Kyle |
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10. After Rio: The Status of Climate Change Negotiations / Thomas E. Drennen -- 11. Four Questions of Justice / Henry Shue -- 12. Status and Issues Concerning Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases / John M. Duxbury and Arvin R. Mosier -- 13. Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases: Monitoring and Verification / Owen Greene and Julian E. Salt -- 14. Bridging the Gap between Policymakers and Academics / Susan Offutt -- 15. Communications between Decision Makers and Researchers: An Overview of the Joint Climate Project / J.C. Bernabo, P.D. Eglinton and C.L. Cooper -- 16. Glossary -- 17. Index |
| Analysis |
Climatic changes |
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Crops and climate |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Crops and climate.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes.
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Crops and climate -- Economic aspects.
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Crops and climate.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
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Meteorology, Agricultural.
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| Author |
Drennen, Thomas E., 1956-
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Kaiser, Harry Mason.
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| LC no. |
93028519 |
| ISBN |
0963403036 (acid-free paper) |
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