Code:
ISBN 81 7371 131 3 |
Title |
Global Warming:
Can Civilization Survive? |
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Author |
Brown,
P. |
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Publisher |
Orient
Longman |
| Price |
Rs 220.00 |
Pages |
240pp. |
Global
warming is a fact. There is no longer any doubt that we are causing the earth's climate to
change. This will happen at a faster pace than nature can adapt. The latest findings of
1000 top scientists are gathered here along with the politics--what little has been done
and the struggle for survival that lies ahead.
Contents Part I: The History; When we started to worry; Ozone; a
blueprint
to save the climate? The United States (and the UK) change their spots; The
Earth Summit and the signing of the Climate Change Convention; Part II:
The
Science: The greenhouse effect keeps us alive; Uncertainty about the size of
the danger; Cloud cover: One of the great complications; Sea level rise:
Perhaps the biggest shock yet to come; Part III: The Effects; Adapt, sink
or
move to higher ground; Water wars and the battle for survival; Forests,
mountains and disappearing snow; Malaria, plague and other unpleasantness;
Escape plans for planet earth; Part IV: The Politics: Berlin: The climate
debate comes alive again; Hope salvaged from the wreckage; Pressure groups
pull both ways; Insurance spawns new tactics; Red herrings and contrarians;
The big questions still wait; Bibliography.
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