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Laboratory Earth: A Brief History of Climate Change (Science Masters)

Laboratory Earth: A Brief History of Climate Change (Science Masters)

by StephenHSchneider (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

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Synopsis

The possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher stands of living has spawned an international controversy over the appropriateness of controls on deforestation and energy use. In order to address the political debate it is essential to understand the scientific background that underlies this problem. Laboratory Earth takes the reader on a journey from the dawn of earth's climate and biological evolution through the era of the dinosaurs, past the Ice Age and into the shadowy environmental future increasingly dominated by human activities. In the final analysis it will be human values more than scientific methods that must be applied to decide how to gamble with the fate of the earth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 01 Sep 1997
ISBN 10: 0753800411
ISBN 13: 9780753800416
Book Overview: Part of the Science Masters series - bringing together some of the world's finest scientists to explore and explain the key ideas in contemporary science Stephen Schneider is a highly respected scientist, internationally recognised as one of the world's leading experts in atmospheric research 'Schneider meets critics of those concerned about global warming head on and demolishes their case that there is no cause for alarm ... The facts are dramatic enough to need no embellishment' The Times Global warming/climate change is a matter of perennial interest and controversy Stephen Schneider is a professor at Stanford University 'A concise, sensible, even-tempered discussion' New York Times Book Review

Author Bio
Stephen H. Schneider is Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Stanford University, USA, and former Department Director of Advanced Study Project at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder. He is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading experts in atmospheric research.