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Author Philander, S. George.

Title Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  551.52 P532i    ---  Available
Description xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.
Contents Between the idea and the reality -- Is our planet fragile or robust? -- Light and air -- Why the peak of a mountain is cold -- Capricious clouds -- The climate tapestry -- Weather, the music of our sphere -- The ocean in motion -- El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation -- The paradox of the faint sun but warm earth -- Why summer is warmer than winter -- The ozone hole -- Global warming -- Appendixes.
Subject Global warming.
Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.
Human ecology.
ISBN 0691050341 (pbk.)
0691057753 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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