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" Climate change : "
Timothy Kusky.
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BL
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992743
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b747113
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| Main Entry
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Kusky, Timothy M.
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| Title & Author
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Climate change : : shifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts /\ Timothy Kusky.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, ©2009.
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The hazardous Earth
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xviii, 156 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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0816064660
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: 9780816064663
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
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| Contents
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Natural long-term climate change: atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, supercontinents, and solar evolution -- Natural medium- and short-term climate change: astronomical forcing, El Niño-southern oscillation, thermohaline circulation, and massive volcanism -- Human-induced climate changes -- Global climate changes that lead to droughts and desert formation -- Examples of expanding deserts and drought disasters -- Shrinking glaciers -- Past, present, and future : prediction and mitigation of future climate change -- Summary.
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| Abstract
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Part of an eight-volume set for students, this book examines the past, present, and future of Earth's climate.
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic zones.
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Climatic changes-- Environmental aspects.
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic zones.
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic zones.
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Klimaänderung
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Umwelt
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Klimaänderung.
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Umwelt.
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| Dewey Classification
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551.6
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QC981.8.C5K876 2009
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