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020 $a9783037782453 (hbk.)
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050 4 $aQC903$b.F67 2012
082 04 $a551.6$223
245 00 $aFor climate's sake! :$ba visual reader of climate change /$c[edited by René P. Schwarzenbach ... et al.].
260 $aZürich, Switzerland :$bLars Müller ; Springer [distributor],$cc2012.
300 $a575, [2] p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
505 0 $aForeword -- For climate's sake!: the climate won't leave the world cold -- Climate history: between fireball and ice desert / Christian Rentsch -- How the Earth got its climate -- Ice ages and warm periods: of greenhouse gases and drifting continents -- How continental drift causes climate change -- Climate on a roller coaster ride -- Humans as a climate factor -- The climate system: why it's getting warmer / Christian Rentsch -- The sun keeps us warm -- The Greenhouse Effect: Earth's energy recycling program -- The climate system: a factory tour -- Water and wind keep the climate in motion -- How greenhouse gases drive up global temperatures -- The future of Earth's climate is in our hands -- Extreme weather events of 2010 -- The consequences of climate change: risks and vulnerabilities / Christian Rentsch -- Severe weather and natural disasters: the harbingers of climate change -- A short history of the two-degree target -- A different world for billions of people -- Nearly half the world suffers from water scarcity -- Shrinking ice masses, rising sea levels -- A roadmap for the future: reality and possibility / Martin Läubli -- Down to the last drop of oil? -- The future is electrical -- Billions of cars -- The challenge of megacities -- The second "green revolution" -- Mitigating climate change is affordable -- Human behavior: the great unknown -- The carbon footprint / Klaus Lanz -- Global climate politics: between power and paralysis / Heidi Blattmann -- In the wake of ozone protection -- The IPCC: a high-level balancing act -- Rio - Kyoto - Montreal -- The Kyoto Protocol -- Hot air -- The future begins in Bali -- Money makes the world go roung -- The point of view from India: equity, the new frontier in climate talks -- The point of view from China: time is of the essence -- The role of forests in climate policy -- Who will decide the future?: an editors' epilogue.
505 0 $a[Essays scattered throughout book] Close-ups : How climate scientists get their data ; Arctic winners ; Australian water woes ; The hope for clean coal ; Desert power for Europe ; Vehicle to grid ; Biofuels: a double-edged option / Klaus Lanz.
650 0 $aClimatic changes.
700 1 $aSchwarzenbach, René P.,$d1945-
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