The Global Warming Desk Reference (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313316791)

With global temperatures rising rapidly during the past quarter century, infrared forcing, popularly known as the greenhouse effect, has attracted worldwide concern. This book is a concise, college-level compendium of the research on global warming. It surveys the scientific consensus on the issue, describes recent findings, and also considers the arguments of skeptics who doubt that global warming is a threat. Suggesting that the effects of global warming can be seen in the melting of glaciers and the dying of coral reefs, the work summarizes the potential impact on human health and on plants and animals worldwide. Concluding with possible solutions, the book contains one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on the subject.

A growing field of study with a rapidly expanding literature, global warming should be of interest to everyone on Earth. Evidence of the greenhouse effect, due to emissions of carbon dioxide and other trace gases, has been accumulating for a quarter century. This book covers both research from scientific journals and newspaper and magazine reports of present-day evidence. The book will be a valuable resource for individuals concerned with the environment as well as for students of environmental sciences, meteorology, and earth sciences.

Author: Bruce Elliott Johansen,Bruce E. Johansen
ISBN-10: 0313316791
ISBN-13: 9780313316791
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2001
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.42w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2002 pg. 1772
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 716