Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation, and Adaptation
- ISBN-10
- 0784412715
- ISBN-13
- 9780784412718
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 708
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amer Society of Civil Engineers
- Author
- Rao Y. Surampalli
Description
This title contains 25 invited chapters that present the most current thinking on the environmental mechanisms contributing to global climate change and explore scientifically grounded steps to reduce the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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