| Description |
253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Taming the beast -- Pyramid lake -- Finding science -- Ice ages and the Serb theory -- Proving Milankovic, doubting Milankovic -- Carbon dioxide and the keeling curve -- Where the carbon goes -- A conveyor belt in the ocean -- Conveyor jams, climate lurches -- Why worry? -- Ice melts, sea level rises -- Megadroughts of the past -- The drying of the future -- Green is not enough -- Scrubbing the air -- Disposing of carbon -- Fixing climate |
| Summary |
An unconventional study of the issue of global warming focuses on the root cause of the problem--the influx of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere--and argues that only the development of new technologies can reduce carbon dioxide output |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- History.
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Global warming.
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| Author |
Kunzig, Robert.
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| LC no. |
2008004445 |
| ISBN |
9780809045013 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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080904501X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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