Gore, Al,  1948- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/> "Produced by Melcher Media"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes internet resources. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Quill award for history/current events/politics, 2006 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1594865671 9781594865671 9780747589068 0747589062 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9781594865671 039697865678 99814404681 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006926537 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Global warming.<br/>Global warming--Government policy--United States.<br/>Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.<br/>Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy--United States.<br/>Environmental policy--United States.<br/>Environmental protection--United States.<br/>Human ecology.<br/>Environmental protection--United States.<br/>Environmental policy--United States.<br/>Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.<br/>Global warming.<br/><br/>--Politique gouvernementale--<br/>Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--<br/>Environnement--Protection--<br/><br/>--Politique gouvernementale--<br/><br/><br/>--Politique gouvernementale--<br/><br/>--Politique gouvernementale--<br/>Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--<br/>Environnement--Protection--<br/><br/>Environmental policy.<br/>Environmental protection.<br/>Global warming.<br/>Global warming--Government policy.<br/>Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.<br/>Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy.<br/>Human ecology.<br/><br/>Treibhauseffekt<br/>Umweltkrise<br/>Global warming.<br/>Global warming.<br/>Global warming--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Nonfiction.<br/>Pictorial works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC981.8.G56  / G67 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.73874 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>551.583  / G67 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>QC981.8.G56  / G67 2006 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>363.738 G666i