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Uninhabitable : a case for caution

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Las Vegas : Goldstar Publications, 2007.Description: 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780979580406
  • 0979580404
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738
LOC classification:
  • QC981.8.G56 G64 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- Not a pretty picture -- Converging calamities -- The Permian parallel -- The pleistocene surprise -- What the scientists are saying -- Red flags -- New evidence -- Does anybody care? -- Life at 110 degrees -- A bleak prognosis -- The perils of overpopulation -- Truth and consequences -- Are we making any progress? -- The impact on the global economy -- Triple witch -- Creating a sustainable planet -- Some encouraging trends -- Money: the root of all evil? Maybe no -- What you can do now -- One mind, one response -- Getting ready -- No place like home -- A legacy of misfortune? -- The global future -- Afterward.
Summary: Outlines the undesireable effects of global warming and offers a timeline predicting the appearance of an ominous threat that has waited for millennia for temperatures to increase enough to set it free.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 363.738 GOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000524417

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).

Introduction -- Not a pretty picture -- Converging calamities -- The Permian parallel -- The pleistocene surprise -- What the scientists are saying -- Red flags -- New evidence -- Does anybody care? -- Life at 110 degrees -- A bleak prognosis -- The perils of overpopulation -- Truth and consequences -- Are we making any progress? -- The impact on the global economy -- Triple witch -- Creating a sustainable planet -- Some encouraging trends -- Money: the root of all evil? Maybe no -- What you can do now -- One mind, one response -- Getting ready -- No place like home -- A legacy of misfortune? -- The global future -- Afterward.

Outlines the undesireable effects of global warming and offers a timeline predicting the appearance of an ominous threat that has waited for millennia for temperatures to increase enough to set it free.

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