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International year of planet Earth |
| Additional series info |
International year of planet Earth.
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| Contents |
Setting the scene : How do we get to a fitting future? / John Dodson -- Impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and adaptation measures for natural resource management / Patrick Gonzalez -- Fire in the earth system / S.P. Harrison, J.R. Marlon, and P.H. Bartlein -- Vanishing polar ice sheets / Nancy A.N. Bertler and Peter J. Barrett -- Climate and peatlands / Rixt de Jong [and others] -- Climate and lacustrine ecosystems / Isabelle Larocque-Tobler [and others] -- Rivers / Emmanuel Gandouin and Philippe Ponel -- Climate change and desertification with special reference to the cases in China / Xiaoping Yang -- Climate change, societal transitions and changing infectious disease burdens / Emily Fearnley, Philip Weinstein, and John Dodson -- Don't we all want good weather and cheap food? / Elisabeth Simelton -- Building capacity to cope with climate change in the least developed countries / Hannah Reid [and others] -- Climate change mitigation policy : An overview of opportunities / Timothy J. Foxon. |
| Note |
"United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; IUGS, International Union of Geological Sciences"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Reproduction Note |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on.
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Human ecology.
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Global environmental change.
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| Additional author |
Dodson, J. R.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| Bib utility control no. |
ebc646143 |
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