The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology - [2 volumes] (Hardcover)

In this two-volume encyclopedia for general readers and students of all levels, Bruce E. Johansen marshals scientific work on global warming into 300 articles presented in clear and understandable language. Comprehensive in scope and accessible to all reader levels, The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology covers a vast range of topics, concepts, issues, processes, and scientists sifted and melded from the many scientific and technological fields. These include atmospheric chemistry, paleoclimatology, biogeography, oceanography, geophysics, glaciology, soil science, and more. Bruce E. Johansen digests the explosion of scientific work on global warming that has been published since 1980 and presents it in a set that is sure to be the indispensable standard reference work on the topic. The information here is of importance to just about everyone on the planet—for the findings of global warming science and technology should dictate the choices we make today to secure our common future. This encyclopedia will prove useful for many different types of professionals, inasmuch as global warming science informs public policy debates, applied science, and technology in such fields as energy generation, architecture, engineering, and agriculture.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	Bruce E. Johansen
Dimensions:	188 x 266 x 59mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	738
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-37702-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	0-313-37702-2
Barcode:	9780313377020

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