Climate systems [electronic resource] : interactive forces of global warming
A study of global warming, discussing the elements of Earth's climate system, the carbon cycle, plate tectonics, the flow of energy, planetary and global motions in the atmosphere, local motions in the atmosphere, ocean currents, the global warming issue, and what global warming means for the f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Facts on File ,
c2009
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| Series: | Global warming
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
| Summary: | A study of global warming, discussing the elements of Earth's climate system, the carbon cycle, plate tectonics, the flow of energy, planetary and global motions in the atmosphere, local motions in the atmosphere, ocean currents, the global warming issue, and what global warming means for the future Provides the scientific framework of the Earth's climate system and explains the concepts of global warming |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 219 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0816072604 1438126077 (electronic bk.) 9780816072606 9781438126074 (electronic bk.) |