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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451997303321

Titolo

Climate change [[electronic resource] ] : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / / edited by Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2007

ISBN

0-262-30341-8

1-282-09886-1

9786612098864

0-262-27175-3

1-4356-0310-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

American and comparative environmental policy

Altri autori (Persone)

DiMentoJoseph F

DoughmanPamela

Disciplina

577.2/2

Soggetti

Climatic changes - History

Climatic changes - Social aspects

Communication in science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction: Making Climate Change Understandable; 2 - A Primer on Global Climate Change and Its Likely Impacts; 3 - Climate-Change Effects: Global and Local Views; 4 - The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?; 5 - Climate Change: How the World is Responding; 6 - Climate Change as News: Challenges in Communicating Environmental Science; 7 - Climate Change and Human Security; 8 - Climate Change: What It Means to Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren; Glossary; Contributors; Index