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Exploring The Real Risks And How We Can Avoid Them
Earthscan Publications Ltd.
January 2008
On Sale: January 1, 2008
326 pages
ISBN: 1844074781
EAN: 9781844074785
Kindle: B0081YW63G
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Non-Fiction
While changes in emissions and atmospheric concentrations of
greenhouse gases are generally projected to be slow and
smooth, there are increasing indications that the intensity
and impacts of climate change on the environment and society
could, at least on a regional basis, be abrupt and bumpy.
Surprising and nonlinear responses are likely to result as
warming exceeds certain thresholds, inducing relatively
rapid changes in, for example, the Greenland and West
Antarctic ice sheets, atmospheric wind and precipitation
patterns, coastal inundation, the occurrence of wildfire,
and the ranges of plant and animal species. Written and edited by a transdisciplinary group of
internationally respected researchers, this book explores
the possibilities of such changes and their significance for
our society. In addition to covering the status of the
science in a number of the critical areas, it also provides
indications that there is a significant potential (and need)
for action to limit human-induced perturbations, which can
occur more rapidly than governments are currently moving.
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