| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
China : the cost of coal / Mark Hertsgaard -- Europe : planning ahead / Colin Woodard -- Greater New York : urban anxiety / Jim Motavalli -- Antigua and Barbuda : islands under siege / Dick Russell -- Asia : clouds got in the way / Jim Motavalli -- Witness to a warming world / Gary Braasch -- Alaska and the western Arctic : the ice retreats / Kieran Mulvaney -- The California coast : marine migrations and the collapsing food chain / Orna Izakson -- Australia, Florida and Fiji : reefs at risk / David Helvarg -- Pacific Northwest : the incredible shrinking glaciers / Sally Deneen -- Antarctica : the ice is moving / David Helvarg |
| Summary |
This book consists of chapter-length visits to world "hot" spots, where people are already coping with the consequences of climactic disruption. It reveals the process of climate change to be ongoing, serious and immediate |
| Notes |
"From the editors of E/The environmental magazine." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Global warming -- Case studies
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Global warming
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Motavalli, Jim
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Deneen, Sally
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| ISBN |
0203483626 |
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9780203483626 |
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9780415946551 |
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0415946557 |
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9780415946568 |
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0415946565 |
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9781135940263 |
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1135940266 |
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9781135940218 |
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1135940215 |
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9781135940256 |
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1135940258 |
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1280106719 |
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9781280106712 |
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9786610106714 |
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6610106711 |
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