Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-284097-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 161 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

Global Warming is one of the most controversial scientific issues of the twenty-first century. This is a problem that has serious economic, sociological, geopolitical, political, and personal implications.

This Very Short Introduction is an informative, up-to-date, and readable book about the predicted impacts of global warming and the surprises that could be in store for us in the near future. It unpacks the controversies that surround global warming, drawing on material from the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a huge collaborative study drawing together current thinking on the subject from experts in a range of disciplines, and for the first time
presents the findings of the Panel for a general readership. The book also discusses the politics of global warming, and looks at what we can do now to adapt to climate change and mitigate its worst effects.

Zielgruppe

A-level and university students studying Geography, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Sciences, and general readers interested in this topical subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maslin, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke