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European Forests and Global Change: The Likely Impacts of Rising CO2 and Temperature

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Studies of global climate change predict that increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature are expected to occur over the next century. To help gain an insight into the potential effect of these changes on forests, this book describes how major European tree species respond to experimentally manipulated environmental conditions. The contributors describe the effects on photosynthesis, respiration, and development and use the results to generate models … More >>

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Up in Smoke?: Threats from, and Responses to, the Impact of Global Warming on Human Development

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A report from leading environmental and development organizations, expressing concerns that global warming could threaten attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and even reverse human development achievements. Graphics, pictures, and stories from a range of agencies make a compelling case…. More >>

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The GET: The Grand Energy Transition –2008 publication

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“In The Grand Energy Transition (The GET), Robert Hefner describes how the world can make a onetime evolutionary step from the unsustainable current and projected global energy mix to virtually limitless clean gaseous energy sources. Some energy experts might be dismissive about Hefners vision, but this author did not arrive at his conclusion in a vacuum. A third generation successful wildcatter and natural gas producer, Hefner has a history of proving the skeptics … More >>

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