Climate Change

Brenda Wilmoth LernerClimatic changes
Climate Change

Author: Brenda Wilmoth Lerner

Publisher: Gale Cengage

ISBN: MINN:31951D02791792G

Category: Climatic changes

Page: 670

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This volume, presenting alphabetized entries from H-W, brings together original essays related to the scientific study of climate change and its impacts on humanity.

Global Warming and Climate Change

Antonio MarquinaNature
Global Warming and Climate Change

Author: Antonio Marquina

Publisher: Energy, Climate and the Environment

ISBN: CHI:089501847

Category: Nature

Page: 548

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This book looks at the principal consequences of climate change and its possible impact on conflict and security. It clarifies the impact of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters, and, as a consequence, the repercussions that can be foreseen on environmentally-induced migration.

Peatlands and Climate Change

Maria StrackClimatic changes
Peatlands and Climate Change

Author: Maria Strack

Publisher:

ISBN: STANFORD:36105028502743

Category: Climatic changes

Page: 223

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The International Peat Society IPS established a joint IPS Working Group on Peatlands and Climate Change in the end of the year 2005. The Working Group’s task was to compile information into a summary of available knowledge to help the IPS and other actors to understand the role of peatlands and peat within the current context of global climate change.

The Science of Climate Change

Tom M. L. WrigleyAtmosphere
The Science of Climate Change

Author: Tom M. L. Wrigley

Publisher:

ISBN: UCSD:31822031513013

Category: Atmosphere

Page: 48

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An analysis of 1996 global climate-change scenarios compared with those from 1992, confirming an overall warming trend and the likelihood of increases in weather extremes at least partly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, it projects that these trends will be so gradual as to be subject to dispute for many decades.