Title
Global warming : a very short introduction / Mark Maslin.
Uniform Title
Very short introductions.
Edition
[2nd ed.]
ISBN
9780199548248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199548242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
192 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Call Number
QC981.8.G56 M38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.738/74
Summary
This title looks at the predicted impacts of global warming and the possible surprises that could be waiting for us in the near future. It draws on material from the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Note
"First published as a Very short introduction 2004."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Very short introductions ; 118.
What is global warming?
A brief history of the global warming debate
What is the evidence for climate change?
How do you model the future?
What are the possible future impacts?
Surprises
Politics
Solutions
Visions of a zero-carbon future.
