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Title:
The global warming reader : a century of writing about climate change / edited with an introduction by Bill McKibben.
Author:
McKibben, Bill.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2012.
Call Number:
QC981.8 .G56 G58199 2012
Abstract:
Collection of seminal texts on climate change from the phenomenon's discovery in the late 19th century to the present. Divided into three parts--Science, Politics, and Impact--this book presents opposing viewpoints, including essays and excerpts by scientists, politicians, novelists, religious leaders and others.
ISBN:
9780143121893
Physical Description:
425 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : OR Books, 2011.
Contents:
On the influence of carbonic acid in the air upon the temperature on the ground / The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature / Carbon dioxide exchange between atmosphere and ocean and the question of an increase of atmospheric CO₂ during the past decades / The keeling curve / Statement of Dr. James Hansen / Summary for policymakers : the science of climate change / The "anthropocene" / The scientific concensus on climate change / Target atmosphere CO₂ : where should humanity aim / Causes of the Russian heat wave and Pakistani floods / Earth in the balance / "The battle to control reality" from The heat is on / Remarks at the Kyoto Climate Change Conference / "Is your stomach too full?" from Earth odyssey / The science of climate change : Senate floor statement / State of fear / An inconvenient truth / The green collar economy : how one solution can fix our two biggest problems / Climate generation : the evolution of the Energy Action Coalition's strategy / To really save the planet, stop going green / Climate rage / This is fucked up--it's time to get mad, then busy / The green generation / The population myth / Global warming twenty years later : tipping points near / Speech at Klimaforum / The end of nature / John 5:1-9 / Climate change : an evangelical call to action / An abrupt climate change scenario and its implications for United States national security / "The briefing" from Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers / Images / Climate change and agriculture / Images / The darkening sea : what carbon emissions are doing to the ocean / Nepal's farmers on the front line of global climate change
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