One earth, one future:our changing global environment

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Silver Cheryl Simon
Corporate Authors: National Academy of Sciences U.S
Group Author: DeFries Ruth S
Published: National Academy Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c1990.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 196 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0309041414
Index Number: X21
CLC: X21
Call Number: X21/S587
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162) and index.
New science of the earth -- Lessons from the geologic past -- System interactions -- Humanity : an agent of global environmental change -- Global warming -- Food, water, and changing climate -- Coastlines and rising seas -- Ozone layer and ultraviolet radiation -- Vanishing forests and vanishing species -- Lakes, forests, and acid deposition -- Global change and our common future / Gro Harlem Brundtland.