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Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming Cover Image Book Book

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]

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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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