The change in the weather : people, weather, and the science of climate /
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| Author / Creator: | Stevens, William K. (William Kenneth), 1935- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Delacorte Press, 1999. |
| Description: | xxiii, 357 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4243579 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1.
- 1.. Origins
- 2.. Children of the Atmosphere
- 3.. The Turbulent Holocene
- Part 2.
- 4.. A World Full of Spirits
- 5.. The First Meteorological Revolution
- 6.. The Second Meteorological Revolution
- 7.. A Primer on Weather and Climate
- Part 3.
- 8.. The Greenhouse Experiment
- 9.. Is the World Warming?
- 10.. Signs and Consequences of a Warmer World
- 11.. Is the Weather Becoming More Extreme?
- 12.. Cloudy Crystal Balls
- 13.. The Greenhouse Fingerprint
- 14.. The Contrarians
- Part 4.
- 15.. Rising Seas
- 16.. The Future Impact of Climate Change
- 17.. The Political Response
- 18.. Horizons
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
