Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (some color) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"From the editors of E/The environmental magazine." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
China : the cost of coal / Mark Hertsgaard -- Europe : planning ahead / Colin Woodard -- Greater New York : urban anxiety / Jim Motavalli -- Antigua and Barbuda : islands under siege / Dick Russell -- Asia : clouds got in the way / Jim Motavalli -- Witness to a warming world / Gary Braasch -- Alaska and the western Arctic : the ice retreats / Kieran Mulvaney -- California coast : marine migrations and the collapsing food chain / Orna Izakson -- Australia, Florida and Fiji : reefs at risk / David Helvarg -- Pacific Northwest : the incredible shrinking glaciers / Sally Deneen -- Antarctica : the ice is moving / David Helvarg. |
Summary |
This book consists of chapter-length visits to world "hot" spots, where people are already coping with the consequences of climactic disruption. It reveals the process of climate change to be ongoing, serious and immediate. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Global warming -- Case studies.
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Global warming. |
Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Motavalli, Jim.
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Deneen, Sally.
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Added Title |
E (Norwalk, Conn.)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Feeling the heat. New York ; London : Routledge, 2004 0415946557 0415946565 (OCoLC)56451025 |
ISBN |
0203483626 (electronic book) |
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9780203483626 (electronic book) |
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9780415946551 |
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0415946557 |
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9780415946568 |
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0415946565 |
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0415946565 (paperback) |
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0415946557 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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