Advancing the science of climate change : America's climate choices /
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Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 503 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
Language: | English |
Series: | America's climate choices America's climate choices. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245848 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: science for understanding and responding to climate change
- What we know about climate change and its interactions with people and ecosystems
- A new era of climate change research
- Integrative themes for climate change research
- Recommendations for meeting the challenge of climate change research
- Changes in the climate system
- Sea level rise and the coastal environment
- Freshwater resources
- Ecosystems, ecosystem services, and biodiversity
- Agriculture, fisheries, and food production
- Public health
- Cities and the built environment
- Transportation
- Energy supply and use
- Solar radiation management
- National and human security
- Designing, implementing, and evaluating climate policies.