Seven years to save the planet : the questions ... and answers /
For the first time in the history of the world one species has grown so numerous and so technologically powerful that it has the ability to destablize the narrow range of temperature within which life can flourish. This book is a call to arms and Bill McGuire tells us how.
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
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| 100 | 1 | |a McGuire, Bill, |d 1954- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Seven years to save the planet : |b the questions ... and answers / |c Bill McGuire. |
| 260 | |a London : |b Weidenfeld & Nicolson, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a 287 p. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287). | ||
| 504 | |a Includes Web resources. | ||
| 505 | 2 | 0 | |g Introduction. |t Why seven years? -- |g Pt. 1. |t Where Are We Now? -- |t What is climate change? -- |t Can we be certain that the Earth is heating up? -- |t Isn't our climate naturally variable? -- |t Are we sure that human activities are causing climate change? -- |t Haw are greenhouse gases warming the planet? -- |t Whatever happened to global cooling and global dimming? -- |t Does climate change just mean a warmer world? -- |t Is the Gulf Stream faltering? -- |t Is the world getting stormier? -- |t Are floods becoming more common? -- |t Is drought an increasing problem? -- |t What is happening in the Arctic? -- |t Will the Arctic Ocean soon be ice free? -- |t What about Antarctica? -- |t Are sea levels already rising faster? -- |t Which other parts of the world are threatened by rising seas? -- |t What about mountainous regions? -- |t How are animals and plants suffering? -- |t Are carbon levels still rising? -- |t Has the Kyoto Protocol helped to slow climate change? -- |t Bali and beyond -- what next? -- |g Pt. 2. |t What Will Climate Change Mean for My Children and Their Children? -- |t What sort of world will dangerous climate change bring? -- |t How hot will it get? -- |t Could some parts of the world get cooler? -- |t Will extreme weather be the order of the day? -- |t Where will the worst flooding occur? -- |t Which parts of the world will drought hit hardest? -- |t Will drought make the world's deserts expand? -- |t Will the great forests survive? -- |t What about wildfires? -- |t Will the polar ice caps disappear? -- |t How high will sea level rise, and how quickly? -- |t Which parts of the world are most likely to vanish beneath the waves? -- |t Are we going to see a mass extinction of animal and plant species? -- |t How will life in the oceans fare? -- |t Could life take revenge? -- |t How else could the Earth fight back? -- |t Will wars be fought over water resources? -- |t How will the changing climate affect disease and illness? -- |t What will happen to food supplies? -- |
| 520 | |a For the first time in the history of the world one species has grown so numerous and so technologically powerful that it has the ability to destablize the narrow range of temperature within which life can flourish. This book is a call to arms and Bill McGuire tells us how. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Global warming. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental protection. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climatic changes. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climate change mitigation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sustainable living. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human ecology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental management. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Power resources. | |
| 988 | |a 20081020 | ||
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