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For anyone trying to separate the fact from the fiction, The Complete Guide to Climate Change is an indispensable resource. Taking you through the A to Z of the key scientific, geographical and socio-political issues involved in the study of the environment and the implications of mankind's effect upon it, topics covered include:
environmental Science - the Carbon Cycle and the "Greenhouse Gases" the impacts of climate change on life, land and sea mitigation strategies from carbon capture to carbon taxes the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCC renewable fuel sources, from wind to solar power.Including guides to the latest scientific and governmental thinking on climate change, this book will tell you all you need to know about perhaps the biggest issue facing mankind today.
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This book by Dawson (climate change and energy adviser, Australian International Development Assistance Agency) and Spannagle (MDG Carbon Facility) is an encyclopedia of technical, scientific, and political terms and topics related to climate change. Each of the 64 alphabetically arranged articles begins with basic facts and then explains essential mechanisms and interactions. Each article contains cross-referenced terms in bold typeface and is well documented with endnotes and suggestions for further reading. The articles are essentially stand-alone expository essays that refrain from conclusions unless the evidence is overwhelming. Entries include "Adaptation," "Biosequestration," "Climate change feedbacks," "Kyoto Protocol," "Methane," "Milankovich cycles," and "Wind power." To give just one example of the type of information provided in the guide, the article on methane begins by explaining that methane is CH^D[4, a molecule with one carbon and four hydrogen atoms, and then gives its chemical and physical characteristics. The article describes the natural and anthropogenic sources of methane, and past changes and projected trends in atmospheric concentrations. This volume should be valuable to the general public, and especially to journalists and other writers on climate change, as a source for clarification of often-misunderstood terms and as a part of any fact-checking endeavor. Comprehensive bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. M. Dickinson formerly, Maine Maritime Academy
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Adaptation |
Aerosols |
Additionality |
Biomethanation |
Carbon Cycle |
Climate Change Impact |
Deforestation |
Energy Sector |
Glacier Impacts |
Kyoto Protocol |