An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it /
Gore, Al, 1948-
An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it Al Gore. - 325 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
"Produced by Melcher Media"--Title page verso.
Includes internet resources.
Effects and consequences of global warming: climate crisis -- The atmosphere and greenhouse gases -- Temperatures and ocean warming -- Shrinking of glaciers -- Floods and precipitation changes -- Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts -- Effects on the Poles: Antarctica and the Arctic regions -- Effects on the oceans -- Effects on forests and deforestation -- Rivers and the consequences of irrigation -- Vectors for emerging infectious diseases -- Effects of energy and the new technologies -- The Politicization of global warming -- Global stewardship.
With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Quill award for history/current events/politics, 2006
1594865671 9781594865671 9780747589068 0747589062
9781594865671 039697865678 99814404681
2006926537
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
Human ecology.
Environmental protection--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Global warming.
--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Protection--
--Politique gouvernementale--
--Politique gouvernementale--
--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Protection--
Environmental policy.
Environmental protection.
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy.
Human ecology.
Treibhauseffekt
Umweltkrise
Global warming.
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy.
United States.
Nonfiction.
Pictorial works.
QC981.8.G56 / G67 2006
363.73874
551.583 / G67
QC981.8.G56 / G67 2006
363.738 G666i
An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it Al Gore. - 325 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
"Produced by Melcher Media"--Title page verso.
Includes internet resources.
Effects and consequences of global warming: climate crisis -- The atmosphere and greenhouse gases -- Temperatures and ocean warming -- Shrinking of glaciers -- Floods and precipitation changes -- Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts -- Effects on the Poles: Antarctica and the Arctic regions -- Effects on the oceans -- Effects on forests and deforestation -- Rivers and the consequences of irrigation -- Vectors for emerging infectious diseases -- Effects of energy and the new technologies -- The Politicization of global warming -- Global stewardship.
With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Quill award for history/current events/politics, 2006
1594865671 9781594865671 9780747589068 0747589062
9781594865671 039697865678 99814404681
2006926537
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
Human ecology.
Environmental protection--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Global warming.
--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Protection--
--Politique gouvernementale--
--Politique gouvernementale--
--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--
Environnement--Protection--
Environmental policy.
Environmental protection.
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy.
Human ecology.
Treibhauseffekt
Umweltkrise
Global warming.
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy.
United States.
Nonfiction.
Pictorial works.
QC981.8.G56 / G67 2006
363.73874
551.583 / G67
QC981.8.G56 / G67 2006
363.738 G666i