Complete guide to climate change (Record no. 5798)
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| fixed length control field | 02106nam a2200169Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0415477891 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.7 |
| Item number | DAW |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dawson, Brian |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Complete guide to climate change |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London & New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi,436p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | CONTENTS List of illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Adaptation 1 Aerosols 6 Agriculture and food supply impacts, 9 Albedo 14 Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 20 Biodiversity impacts 27 Biofuels 35 Biosequestration 42 Carbon capture and storage 53 Carbon cycle 59 Carbon dioxide (CO2) 66 Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) 72 Carbon sinks 73 Carbon tax 74 Clean Development Mechanism (COM) 78 Climate change feedbacks 88 Climate change impacts 96 Climate sensitivity 103 Coastal zone impacts 106 Dangerous climate change 112 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 119 Emissions intensity 121 Emissions per capita 128 Emissions trading 136 Energy efficiency 146 Extreme weather events 156 Finance and insurance 162 Fossil fuels 170 Future emissions trends 179 Global dimming 188 Global warming 190 Global warming potentials 194 Greenhouse effect 196 Greenhouse gas inventories 199 Greenhouse gases 207 Health impacts 212 Ice sheets and glaciers 219 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 224 Joint Implementation (JI) 229 Kyoto Protocol 236 Land carbon sinks 249 Marine impacts 258 Methane (CH4) 263 Methane hydrates 270 Milankovich cycles 275 Mitigation 278 Nitrous oxide (N2O) 288 North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) 292 Nuclear power 293 Ocean carbon sinks 302 Ozone 307 Polar impacts 312 Radiative forcing 319 Renewable energy 323 Sea level rise 331 Socioeconomic impacts 336 Solar power 345 Stabilization targets 353 Synthetic gases 360 Technology, structural change and organizations' 366 Thermohaline 375 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 380 Water impacts 392 Wind power 399 Bibliography 407 Index 426 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Spannagle, Matt |
| 890 ## - COUNTRY | |
| -- | United Kingdom |
| 891 ## - TOPIC | |
| -- | SP Research Lib. Corp. Fund |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Faculty of Planning | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 01/11/2010 | Astha Book Agency | 5509.00 | 3 | 333.7 DAW | 006072 | 18/01/2016 | 05/01/2016 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:3377 |