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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Main Author: Casper, Julie Kerr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File , c2009
Series:Global warming
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Online Access:NetLibrary
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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
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.)