Global warming : the complete briefing / Sir John Houghton.

By:

Houghton, J. T. (John Theodore), 1931-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 438 p. : col. ill., col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

9780521709163 (pbk.) :
9780521882569 (hbk.) :
0521882567 (hbk.) :
0521709164 (pbk.) :
9780521709163 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.73874 HOU

LOC classification:

QC981.8.G56 H68 2009

Contents:

1.Global warming and climate change -- 2.The greenhouse effect -- 3.The greenhouse gases -- 4.Climates of the past -- 5.Modelling the climate -- 6.Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond -- 7.The impacts of climate change -- 8.Why should we be concerned? -- 9.Weighing the uncertainty -- 10.A strategy for action to slow and stabilise cliimate change -- 11.Energy and transport for the future -- 12.The global village.

Summary: John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, then addresses the question of what action might be taken by governments, industry, and by individuals to mitigate the effects.

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Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	363.73874 HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		209621

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, then addresses the question of what action might be taken by governments, industry, and by individuals to mitigate the effects.