Seven years to save the planet : the questions --and answers /

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Author / Creator:McGuire, Bill, 1954-
Imprint:London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
Description:287 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7358909
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ISBN:9780297853367 (pbk.)
0297853368 (pbk.)
9781841882697 (pbk.)
1841882690 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287).
Includes Web resources.

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505 0 0 |g Introduction.  |t Why seven years? --  |g Pt. 1.  |t Where Are We Now? --  |t What is climate change? --  |t Can we be certain that the Earth is heating up? --  |t Isn't our climate naturally variable? --  |t Are we sure that human activities are causing climate change? --  |t Haw are greenhouse gases warming the planet? --  |t Whatever happened to global cooling and global dimming? --  |t Does climate change just mean a warmer world? --  |t Is the Gulf Stream faltering? --  |t Is the world getting stormier? --  |t Are floods becoming more common? --  |t Is drought an increasing problem? --  |t What is happening in the Arctic? --  |t Will the Arctic Ocean soon be ice free? --  |t What about Antarctica? --  |t Are sea levels already rising faster? --  |t Which other parts of the world are threatened by rising seas? --  |t What about mountainous regions? --  |t How are animals and plants suffering? --  |t Are carbon levels still rising? --  |t Has the Kyoto Protocol helped to slow climate change? --  |t Bali and beyond -- what next? --  |g Pt. 2.  |t What Will Climate Change Mean for My Children and Their Children? --  |t What sort of world will dangerous climate change bring? --  |t How hot will it get? --  |t Could some parts of the world get cooler? --  |t Will extreme weather be the order of the day? --  |t Where will the worst flooding occur? --  |t Which parts of the world will drought hit hardest? --  |t Will drought make the world's deserts expand? --  |t Will the great forests survive? --  |t What about wildfires? --  |t Will the polar ice caps disappear? --  |t How high will sea level rise, and how quickly? --  |t Which parts of the world are most likely to vanish beneath the waves? --  |t Are we going to see a mass extinction of animal and plant species? --  |t How will life in the oceans fare? --  |t Could life take revenge? --  |t How else could the Earth fight back? --  |t Will wars be fought over water resources? --  |t How will the changing climate affect disease and illness? --  |t What will happen to food supplies? -- 
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