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Presents the scientific findings on the current climate change and global warming, including climate change projections, the Earth's adaptability, and how to solve global warming.
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This illustrated guide for general readers contains information on global climate change drawn from the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The authors aim to disseminate this knowledge to a wider public by providing basic facts and discussion of projections, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and solving global warming. There is no bibliography. Mann and Kump work in meteorology and geosciences and at the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State U. Mann has contributed to IPCC reports and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2007 along with Al Gore. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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