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Global climate change and life on earth

Title
Global climate change and life on earth / Richard L. Wyman, editor ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
Publication
New York : Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Wyman, Richard L.
  • Ehrlich, Paul R.
Description
xxi, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book is based on presentations given by the authors at the conference entitled "Global Change and Life on Earth: Evidence, Predictions, and Policy" held at the New York State Museum, in Albany, on April 24 and 25, 1989, It is written to be comprehensible to the general audience and to college and university students alike, whether they are science majors or not. The main theme is the consequence for life of the greenhouse effect and global climate change.
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Genre/Form
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • Based on presentations at a conference held at the New York State Museum, Albany, April 24-25, 1989.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Changes of temperature and hydrology caused by an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as predicted by general circulation models / Richard T. Wetherald -- Global climate change and water resources / John T. Hayes -- The role of forests in affecting the greenhouse gas composition of the atmosphere / Richard A. Houghton -- Tree rings as indicators of climatic change and the potential response of forests to the greenhouse effect / Edward R. Cook -- Ecosystem sensitivity to climate change and complex responses / James S. Clark -- Consequences of global warming for biological diversity / Robert L. Peters -- Double jeopardy for migrating wildlife / Robert T. Lester and J. Peter Myers.
  • Multiple threats to wildlife : climate change, acid precipitation, and habitat fragmentation / Richard L. Wyman -- Extinction of species : past, present, and future / David W. Steadman -- Impact of climate-induced sea level rise on coastal areas / Stephen P. Leatherman -- The nexus of agriculture, environment, and the economy under climate change / Daniel J. Dudek -- Global climate change : potential impacts on public health / Janice Longstreth -- Potential impact of global warming : climate change and human mortality / Laurence S. Kalkstein -- Energy policy and global warming / Jan Beyea -- The challenge of global warming / Dean Abrahamson -- Now what do we do? / Richard L. Wyman [and others].
ISBN
  • 0412028115
  • 9780412028113
  • 0412028212
  • 9780412028212
LCCN
90008965
OCLC
  • ocm22243250
  • 22243250
  • SCSB-1920747
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library