Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future + Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
- ISBN-10
- 0321566084
- ISBN-13
- 9780321566089
- Series
- Environmental Science
- Category
- Science
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-06-12
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley
- Author
- Richard T. Wright
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- 2018-07-03
- 275 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons
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