Informed, insightful, and even-handed, this book gives a new impetus to the increasingly important global climate policy debate.
Planet Earth is often referred to as the Goldilocks planet, from the story of Goldilocks and the three bears (Pearce, 1989). When Goldilocks enters the house of the three bears she tastes the porridge, one was too hot (Venus), ...
Explains the effects of global warming on our planet, such as increasingly intense weather patterns, and suggests ways to help slow the process.
This book provides an informative, up-to-date, and readable book about the predicted impacts of global warming and the surprises that could be in store for us in the near future.
Discover how global warming began, what problems it is causing, and how it can be reversed.
Global Warming: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives,...
The reader goes on a journey from despair and chaos, ending in a place of quiet optimism. This is a book for the sensitive, the conscious, the eco-warriors, and the introspective nature lovers among us.
Examines the problem of global warming, its causes, and ways to prevent the situation from getting worse.
... Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability, ed. K. Tang and R. Yoeh. London: Middlesex University Press, London, 2007. Holton, Gerald. Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to ...
Introduces global warming, discusses the greenhouse effect, and examines the effects of the increase in surface temperature.
Accelerated global warming caused by pollution and the excessive release of greenhouse gases may be the most pressing threat our planet faces today, and it is key that children understand the complexity of this issue from an early age.
A look at global warning.
From the book cover: Most politicians, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and members of the media believe as a proven fact that industrial activity - especially the emission of carbon dioxide - is affecting climate by causing an increase in ...
Describes the evidence of global warming, its causes, its predicted impacts, and how its detrimental effects can be reduced.
... International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings, 44th Session, The Role of Science in the Third Millennium, Erice, Italy, 20 August 2011. [24] T. Yuhara et al., “Towards the harmony - Principles for the new ...
Part of a 24-book series that covers the four main branches of sciencephysical science, life science, earth and space science, and science and technology, and covers essential content standards.
Global Warming: The Hard Science presents a comprehensive, qualitatively rigorous, and critical discussion of the science underlying the global warming issue. The major processes in the climate system needed to...
Accelerated global warming caused by pollution and the excessive release of greenhouse gases may be the most pressing threat our planet faces today, and it is key that children understand the complexity of this issue from an early age.
Increased carbon dioxide has, however, markedly increased the growth rates of plants as inferred from numerous laboratory and field experiements.".
Some see global warming and natural disasters as natural cycle consistent with the nature of our physical world. These are questions we should ask: Is global warming natural and an essential part of planet Earth?