{"product_id":"global-warming-101-bruce-e-johansen-9780313346903","title":"Global Warming 101","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return. Within a decade or two, various feedbacks may take greenhouse warming past any human ability to contain or reverse it. Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly, fed by increasing fossil-fuel use world-wide, melting permafrost, slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia and Brazil, increasing wildfires, as well as rapid industrialization using dirty coal in China and India. Global warming may well become the most urgent problem the world faces during the 21st Century . Natural variations are no longer the major contribution (or forcing) in Earth's climate. Human contributions became the major factor about 1950. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book has been prepared as a reference for high-school students, but it also will be useful for anyone who wants a compact, plain-spoken basic guide to the science of global warming. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Warming 101\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an examination of basic issues, followed by important controversies in the field. The book then describes scientific issues related to melting ice, rising seas, and effects on plants and animals, as well as human health. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Warming 101\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with consideration of possible solutions. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Warming 101\u003c\/i\u003e combines a survey of the science of global warming with reporting from around the world, from sinking Pacific islands and thawing Arctic permafrost, which indicate that significant global warming already has begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce E. Johansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313346909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313346903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.57w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009","brand":"Bruce E. Johansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135976517887,"sku":"9780313346903","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_daf47e11-0d9d-424e-ac3a-eadc8fcf9cc5.jpg?v=1770159687","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-warming-101-bruce-e-johansen-9780313346903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}