Global Warming Unchecked: Signs to Watch for

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Indiana University Press, 1993 - 186 Seiten

"This enlightening book will make a hot day at the beach something to really think about." --Booklist

"Essential reading for those who care about humanity's future," --Ata Qureshi, Director, Global Environmental Programs, Climate Institute

A "field guide" to the greenhouse effect, Global Warming Unchecked focuses on the near-term changes in weather patterns we can watch for now as indicators of global warming. Bernard warns of the converging crises of climate and energy in the U.S. Unless the U.S. acts now to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, it will not be able to forestall the looming climatic catastrophe. But does it have the courage and foresight to do so?

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The Warning of the 1980s
3
The Great Drought of the 1990s
17
800 Millibars
33
Paying the Price in the 1990s
44
Dont Put Away Your Parka and Snow Shovel
55
PART II Greenhouse Gases Climate Models
65
How Do We Know Whats Going to Happen?
87
Crocodiles in New York
97
The United States
109
The Great Plains and Midwest
121
The East and South
131
Climate and Energy
143
Is There Any Hope?
155
Signs to Watch For
172
GLOSSARY
181
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Autoren-Profil (1993)

HAROLD W. BERNARD, Jr., received his degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington. A past president of Boston-area chapters of the National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society, Bernard is a member of the Climate Institute, a senior weather officer in the Air Force Reserve, and Vice-President of DBS Associates, Inc., and Impact Weather, Inc. He is the author of four other books, including The Greenhouse Effect and Weather Watch.

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