One earth, one future:our changing global environment
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National Academy Press,
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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 |
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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. |