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The Global Warming Desk Reference
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Bruce E. Johansen
Book Code: GR1679
ISBN: 0-313-31679-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31679-1
376 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2001
List Price: $97.95 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Johansen has his finger on the pulse of global climate change as he traverses the hot-button topics now prominent in popular and scientific media....this research reference handbook offers a concise survey of the climate change problem....All levels.
    —Choice     January 2003
  • [A] useful compendium of recent research that can guide readers into the larger literature on climate change.
    —Environment     September 2003
  • The Global Warming Desk Reference fills an important niche, providing a well-researched and well-written overview of what we know about the phenomena of global climate change and the greenhouse effect. Highly recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries.
    —Reference & User Services Quarterly     Summer 2003
  • Does this book advance the climate debate? The answer, I think, is a qualified yes. There are enough good things inside to justify its use by students and professionals as well as general readers.
    —Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society     November 2002
  • Undergraduates will find this book easy to read and overflowing with information...it is highly recommended as an addition to any reference collection either in an academic or public setting.
    —E-STREAMS     July 2002
  • Intended for undergraduates, this is an accessible book that gives a comprehensive overview of the widely discussed topic of global warming.
    —Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society     May 2002
Description: With global temperatures rising rapidly during the past quarter century, "infrared forcing," popularly known as the "greenhouse effect," has attracted worldwide concern. This book is a concise, college-level compendium of the research on global warming. It surveys the scientific consensus on the issue, describes recent findings, and also considers the arguments of skeptics who doubt that global warming is a threat. Suggesting that the effects of global warming can be seen in the melting of glaciers and the dying of coral reefs, the work summarizes the potential impact on human health and on plants and animals worldwide. Concluding with possible solutions, the book contains one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on the subject. A growing field of study with a rapidly expanding literature, global warming should be of interest to everyone on Earth. Evidence of the greenhouse effect, due to emissions of carbon dioxide and other trace gases, has been accumulating for a quarter century. This book covers both research from scientific journals and newspaper and magazine reports of present-day evidence. The book will be a valuable resource for individuals concerned with the environment as well as for students of environmental sciences, meteorology, and earth sciences.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Diary of a Warm Winter
  • Introduction
  • A Sketch of the Problem
  • The General Consensus on Global Warming
  • Warmer is Better, Richer is Healthier: Global-Warming Skeptics
  • Icemelt: Glacial, Arctic, and Antarctic
  • Warming Seas
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Human Health
  • A Fact of Daily Life: Global Warming and Indigenous Peoples
  • Greenhouse Gases and the Weather: Now, and in the Year 2100
  • Possible Solutions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001016108
LCC Class: QC981
Dewey Class: 363
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