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Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
Record details
- 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
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Global warming. Environmental sciences > Philosophy. Human ecology. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | SCIENCE PHILA 1988 (Text) | 33892200033943 | Main Collection | Available | - |
