Sustainability: Global Warming
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A few of our books
An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it by Call Number: QC981.8.G56 G67 2006ISBN: 1594865671With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Global catastrophes and trends : the next fifty years by Call Number: Electronic formatISBN: 0262195860Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemics, wars, and large-scale terrorist attacks; trends are demographic, environmental, economic, and political shifts that unfold over time. In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring.
Global warming and agriculture end-of-century estimates by country by Call Number: Electronic formatISBN: 0881324035How will global warming affect developing countries, which rely heavily on agriculture as a source of economic growth? William Cline asserts that developing countries have more at risk than industrial countries as global warming worsens.
UHMC Films on Demand
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- Are We Changing Planet Earth?This program presented by Sir David Attenborough discusses the thickening of Earth’s carbon dioxide envelope and, using climate modeling, confirms that fossil fuels are primarily responsible for a global rise in temperatures going far beyond any normal allowance for cyclical fluctuation.
- Global Warming
The history of Earth has been a history of temperature change; people and animals have historically moved to better climes, richer pastures, and areas of more abundant food. The problem now is that "somewhere else" is already occupied; meanwhile, temperatures appear to be rising, with foreseeably disastrous consequences. - Meltdown: A Global Warming JourneyDespite widespread scientific acceptance of the global warming theory, it remains a highly contentious subject. This program studies divergent points of view contributing to the global warming debate, untangling a morass of political and scientific concerns and providing a wealth of historical background on the issue.
- The Great Reshuffling
Across the world, plants and animals are silently finding their way into places where they don’t belong. These interlopers, upon which scientists frequently bestow the term invasive species, have been known to display fearsome powers—including uncanny abilities to spread disease, damage soil, even devour buildings.
Websites
- DISCOVERSatellite-based ocean and climate data since 1979 from NASA
- Global Climate Change: NASA's Eyes on the EarthUS Department of Energy