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September 2007
5 3/8 x 8, 232 pp., 7 illus.
$21.95/£16.95 (PAPER)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-54193-9
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-54193-0

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Cloth (2007)
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American and Comparative Environmental Policy
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Climate Change
What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren
Edited by Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela M. Doughman

Series Foreword
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Acknowledgmentsxi
1Introduction: Making Climate Change Understandable
Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela M. Doughman
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2A Primer on Global Climate Change and Its Likely Impacts
John Abatzoglou, Joseph F. C. DiMento, Pamela M. Doughman and Stefano Nespor
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3Climate-Change Effects
Global and Local Views
John Abatzoglou, Joseph F. C. DiMento, Pamela M. Doughman and Stefano Nespor
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4The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
How Do We Know We’re Not Wrong?
Naomi Oreskes
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5Climate Change
How the World Is Responding
Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela M. Doughman
101
6Climate Change as News
Challenges in Communicating Environmental Science
Andrew C. Revkin
139
7Climate Change and Human Security
Richard A. Matthew
161
8Climate Change
What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren
Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela M. Doughman
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Glossary197
List of Contributors
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Index
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