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It’s not news that global warming has provoked a visceral debate. What many readers may find surprising, however, is how many people pose as experts in this debate who know little or nothing about the operation of the ecosystems that support life on Earth. This book dissects the multifaceted debate on global warming for the nonspecialist.
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Global Warming – Greenhouse gas, Greenhouse effect, Solar variation, Effects of global warming, Temperature record, Paleocene?Eocene Thermal Maximum, Global climate model, Ocean acidification, Climate change and agriculture, Shutdown of thermohaline circulation, Shutdown of thermohaline circulation, Economics of global warming, Mitigation of global warming, Kyoto Protocol, Geoengineering, Adaptation to global warming, Low-carbon economy, Global warming contr… More >>
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Alternative energy is an umbrella term that refers to any source of usable energy intended to replace fuel sources without the undesired consequences of the replaced fuels. Typically, official uses of the term, such as qualification for governmental incentives, exclude fossil fuels and nuclear energy whose undesired consequences are high carbon dioxide emissions, the major contributing factor of global warming according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan… More >>