An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it

Gore, Albert 1948- (Author). Melcher Media. (Added Author).

Summary: With 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1594865671 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781594865671 (sc.)
ISBN: 9781594865671 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1594865671 (sc.)
Physical Description: print
325 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Produced by Melcher Media"--T.p. verso. Wildsight office ILL request
Formatted Contents Note:	Effects and consequences of global warming: climate crisis - The atmosphere and greenhouse gases - Temperatures and ocean warming - Shrinking of glaciers - Floods and precipitation changes - Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts - Effects on the Poles: Antarctica and the Arctic regions - Effects on the oceans - Effects on forests and deforestation - Rivers and the consequences of irrigation - Vectors for emerging infectious diseases - Effects of energy and the new technologies - The Politicization of global warming - Global stewardship.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	Donation (copy 2 only) ; 2007/07