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02h0038967 20140717095218.0 120501s2013 enkab frb |001|||eng | 978-1-107-61876-3(pbk.) : CNY304.20 AU@ eng AU@ BTCTA ; UKMGB ; BDX ; NZUPM ; OCLCO ; ISE ; VMC ; YDXCP ; YNK ; CDX ; BWX ; CUT ; IXA ; YBM ; VP@ ; OCLCF ; CNNGL QC903 .E34 2013 363.7/3874 23 a133 aP467 v5 Eggleton, R. A. A short introduction to climate change / Tony Eggleton. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. viii, 240 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. Tony Eggleton is affiliated with Australian National University, Canberra. Includes bibliographical references and index. The spirit of enquiry -- Global warming -- Weather is not climate -- The thermostat -- Droughts and flooding rains -- Snow and ice -- The ocean -- From ice-house to greenhouse -- The past 2000 years -- Carbon dioxide and methane -- Denial -- Bet your grandchildren's lives on it, too? A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, Arctic ice and ocean currents. It also considers the consequences of our use of fossil fuels and discusses some of the ways to reduce further global warming. Tony Eggleton avoids the use of scientific jargon to provide a reader-friendly explanation of the science of climate change. Concise but comprehensive and richly illustrated with a wealth of full-colour figures and photographs, A Short Introduction to Climate Change is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in climate science and in the future of our planet. Climatic changes. ; Global warming. aCN b010001 010001 133 Eg3 lxl1401 h1 ; rCNY304.20
