| Description |
324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: Climate Change: Portent and Challenge -- 1. The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming -- 2. Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases -- 3. Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and Crop Yields -- 4. Effects on Weeds, Insects, and Diseases -- 5. The Role of Soil Resources -- 6. Water Resources and Sea-Level Rise -- 7. Analysis of Climate Change Impacts -- 8. Regions at Risk -- 9. Global Assessments and Future Food Security -- 10. Adaptation, Economics, and Policy -- Epilogue: The Global Harvest: A Summation |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
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Meteorology, Agricultural.
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| Author |
Hillel, Daniel.
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| LC no. |
97027058 |
| ISBN |
0195088891 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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