The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change helps readers learn about the astonishingly intricate processes that make ours the only planet known to be habitable. These three volumes include more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change--ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes.
Key Features
Contains a 4-color, 16-page insert that is a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of global warmingIncludes coverage of the science and history of climate change, the polarizing controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change
Emphasizes the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of climate change
Presents contributions from leading scholars and institutional experts in the geosciences
Serves as a general resource for geography, oceanography, biology, climatology, history and many other subjects
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change provides a primarily nonscientific resource to understanding the complexities of climate change for academic and public libraries.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About the General Editor.
Preface.
Reader's Guide.
An Introduction.
List of Articles.
List of Contributors.
Chronology.
1: Abrupt Climate Changes.
2: Adaptation.
3: Aerosols.
4: Afforestation.
5: Afghanistan.
6: Agriculture.
7: Agulhas Current.
8: Air Force, U.S..
9: Alabama.
10: Alaska.
11: Alaska Climate Research Center.
12: Albania.
13: Albedo.
14: Algeria.
15: Alliance of Small Island States.
16: Alliance to Save Energy.
17: Alternative Energy, Ethanol.
18: Alternative Energy, Overview.
19: Alternative Energy, Solar.
20: Alternative Energy, Wind.
21: American Council for an Energy–Efficient Economy.
22: American Electric Power.
23: American Gas Association.
24: American Geophysical Union.
25: American Meteorological Society.
26: Andorra.
27: Angola.
28: Animals.
29: An Inconvenient Truth.
30: Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
31: Antarctic Ice Sheets.
32: Antarctic Meteorology Research Center.
33: Anthropogenic Forcing.
34: Anticyclones.
35: Antigua and Barbuda.
36: Applied Energy Services, Inc..
37: Arakawa, Akio (1927–).
38: Arctic Ocean.
39: Argentina.
40: Arizona.
41: Arkansas.
42: Armenia.
43: Arrhenius, Svante August (1859–1927).
44: Atlantic Ocean.
45: Atmosphere, Climate and Environment Information Programme (UK).
