TY - BOOK TI - Global warming: the complete briefing AB - The science of global warming, its impacts, and what action might be taken, are described in this book, in a way which the intelligent non-scientist can understand. It also examines ethical and moral issues of concern about global warming, considering mankind as stewards of the earth. Chapter headings of the book are: global warming and climate change; the greenhouse effect; the greenhouse gases; climates of the past; modelling the climate; climate change and business-as-usual; the impacts of climate change; why should we be concerned ; weighing the uncertainty; action to slow and stabilize climate change; energy and transport for the future; and the global village. AU - "Houghton, J" KW - "54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES" KW - "01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT" KW - "CLIMATIC CHANGE" KW - "GREENHOUSE EFFECT" KW - "AGRICULTURE" KW - "AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT" KW - "BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS" KW - "CARBON CYCLE" KW - "CARBON DIOXIDE" KW - "CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS" KW - "CLIMATE MODELS" KW - "CLIMATES" KW - "DATA COVARIANCES" KW - "DESERTS" KW - "EMISSION" KW - "ENERGY EFFICIENCY" KW - "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS" KW - "ETHICAL ASPECTS" KW - "FORESTS" KW - "FOSSIL FUELS" KW - "GREENHOUSE GASES" KW - "HEALTH HAZARDS" KW - "HUMAN INTRUSION" KW - "METHANE" KW - "NITROUS OXIDE" KW - "OZONE" KW - "POLLUTION SOURCES" KW - "RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES" KW - "SEA LEVEL" KW - "TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS" KW - "WATER RESOURCES" KW - "ALKANES" KW - "ARID LANDS" KW - "CARBON COMPOUNDS" KW - "CARBON OXIDES" KW - "CHALCOGENIDES" KW - "ECOSYSTEMS" KW - "EFFICIENCY" KW - "ENERGY SOURCES" KW - "FUELS" KW - "HAZARDS" KW - "HYDROCARBONS" KW - "LEVELS" KW - "MATHEMATICAL MODELS" KW - "NITROGEN COMPOUNDS" KW - "NITROGEN OXIDES" KW - "ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS" KW - "ORGANIC COMPOUNDS" KW - "ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS" KW - "ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS" KW - "OXIDES" KW - "OXYGEN COMPOUNDS" KW - "POLLUTION ABATEMENT" KW - "RESOURCES" KW - "540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)" KW - "540220 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)" KW - "540320 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)" KW - "010900 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Environmental Aspects" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - Oxford (United Kingdom); Lion Publishing plc CY - United Kingdom PY - 1994 DA - 1994-01-01 LA - English J2 - [] VL - C1 - C2 - C3 - C4 - C5 - Lion Publishing plc, Oxford (United Kingdom) L3 - Other Information: IEACR LIB DA. Also published by Lion Publishing plc., Elgin, IL (USA) and by Albatross Books Pty Ltd., Sutherland, NSW (Australia) ER -