The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge

The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.

Author/creator	Dow, Kirstin, 1963-
Other author/creator	Downing, Thomas E.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Description	112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Climatic changes. Climatic changes--Maps. Climatic changes--Charts, diagrams, etc.

Contents	Signs of change -- Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- Forcing change -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Driving climate change -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Expected consequences -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- Responding to change -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Commiting to solutions -- Personal action -- Public action -- Climate change data -- Data table.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-109) and index.
LCCN	2006050098
ISBN	0520250230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520250239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520250239