Global environmental change : its nature and impact /
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| Author / Creator: | Hidore, John J. |
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| Imprint: | Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1996. |
| Description: | xvi, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2539969 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The Nature of Global Environmental Change
- Ch. 2. Early Geologic Time: The Precambrian Era
- Ch. 3. Late Geologic Time
- Ch. 4. The Pleistocene: The Age of Ice
- Ch. 5. Early Growth and Spread of the Human Population
- Ch. 6. The Holocene: Earth's Climate Since Deglaciation
- Ch. 7. The Last Millenium
- Ch. 8. Drought, Famine, and Climatic Oscillation
- Ch. 9. Industrial Revolution and World Population Growth / D. Gordon Bennett
- Ch. 10. Land Degradation: Accelerated Soil Erosion
- Ch. 11. Global Land Degradation
- Ch. 12. Human Impact on the Hydrosphere
- Ch. 13. Global Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry
- Ch. 14. Stratospheric Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation
- Ch. 15. Habitat Destruction, Alien Species, and Biodiversity
- Ch. 16. Effects of Pesticides, Hunting, and Other Human Activities on Biodiversity
- Ch. 17. Forecasts and Predictions
- Ch. 18. The Potential for Global Warming
- Ch. 19. Potential Impact of Global Warming / John E. Oliver
- Ch. 20. Future Global Environmental Change and the Human Species
- Appendix: Declaration on the Human Environment.
