Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction Paperback / softback
by Mark (Professor of Climateology, University College London) Maslin
Part of the Very Short Introductions series
Paperback / softback
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Climate change is still, arguably, the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century.
Previously published as Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, the new edition is now Climate Change: A Very Short introduction, reflecting an important change in the terminology of the last decade.
In the third edition, Mark Maslin includes crucial updates from the last few years, including the results of the 2013 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, the effects of ocean acidification, and the impact of changes to global population and health.
Exploring all of the key topics in the debate, Maslin makes sense of the complexities climate change involves, from political and social issues to environmental and scientific.
Looking at its predicated impacts, he explores all of the controversies, andalso explains the various proposed solutions.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, Approx 30-35 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:23/10/2014
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- ISBN:9780198719045
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, Approx 30-35 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:23/10/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198719045
