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Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.

Philander, S. George. (Author).

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ISBN: 0691057753 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0691050341 (pbk. acid-free paper)
Physical Description: xv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Copyright: ©1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.

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Between the idea and the reality -- Is our planet fragile or robust? -- Light and air -- Why the peak of a mountain is cold -- Capricious clouds -- The climate tapestry -- Weather, the music of our sphere -- The ocean in motion -- El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation -- The paradox of the faint sun but warm earth -- Why summer is warmer than winter -- The ozone hole -- Global warming -- Appendixes.

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