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Discusses what the greenhouse effect is, research into its causes, and its possible impact on our planet.

Writing in plain English and providing easily understood charts and figures, Gregory Wrightstone presents the science to assess the basis of the threatened Thermageddon.

'Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the globe is dependent on a fundamental, philosophical shift...

Discover how the world's climate is changing from the greenhouse effect and the ozone hole, and what we are doing to help our planet.

Describes how the Earth's climate is being changed as a result of carbon emissions and offers a number of practical things that can be done every day to protect natural resouces and conserve energy.

Describes the positive and negative effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth, and discusses the role of carbon dioxide and other gases, possible conditions if the climate becomes warmer, and how scientists learn about past changes.

Examines the phenomenon of global warming, discussing the greenhouse effect in its positive, life-giving configuration, and again as this mechanism is knocked out of balance by increased levels of carbon gases.

Examines global warming as a result of human activities against a background of natural climatic processes.