中文名: 全球暖化与气候变迁百科全书
原名: Encyclopedia Of Global Warming And Climate Change
作者: S. George Philander
图书分类: 生活
资源格式: PDF
版本: 英文版
出版社: SAGE Publications, Inc
书号: 9781412958783
发行时间: 2008年
地区: 美国
语言: 英文
简介:
全球暖化的衝击正快速地舖天盖地而来.这本深具价值的资源提供了一个卓越的历史概述与有关这个主题的架构,可作为地理学,海洋学,生态学,气象学,历史及许多其它的学科所参考的一般资料.
The impact of global warming is rapidly evolving. This valuable resource provides an excellent historical overview and framework of this topic and serves as a general resource for geography, oceanography, biology, climatology, history, and many other subjects. A useful reference for a wide audience of business professionals and government officials as well as for the general public; essential for both academic and public libraries.
-Library Journal
This is a useful set because of the individual country entries as well as the general-audience language . . .
- Booklist (Starred Review)
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change helps readers learn about the astonishingly intricate processes that make ours the only planet known to be habitable. These three volumes include more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes.
Key Features
* Contains a 4-color, 16-page insert that is a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of global warming
* Includes coverage of the science and history of climate change, the polarizing controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change
* Emphasizes the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of climate change
* Presents contributions from leading scholars and institutional experts in the geosciences
* Serves as a general resource for geography, oceanography, biology, climatology, history, and many other subjects
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change provides a primarily nonscientific resource to understanding the complexities of climate change for academic and public libraries.
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