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The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh
. Ed(S): Warrick, R.A.; Ahmad, Q. K.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Warrick, R.A.; Ahmad, Q. K. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; RBP; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Although the "greenhouse effect" and "global climate change" have been the subjects of scientific scrutiny for many decades, only recently have they received widespread public attention. Two major events helped generate this attention. First, in 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its findings on the science, impacts and policy implications of climate change. The findings of the IPCC, prepared and reviewed extensively by the world's leading experts in the field, confirmed that the increasing atmospheric concentrations of "greenhouse" gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and the chlorofluorocarbons, could cause the world to warm and sea ... Read more
Although the "greenhouse effect" and "global climate change" have been the subjects of scientific scrutiny for many decades, only recently have they received widespread public attention. Two major events helped generate this attention. First, in 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its findings on the science, impacts and policy implications of climate change. The findings of the IPCC, prepared and reviewed extensively by the world's leading experts in the field, confirmed that the increasing atmospheric concentrations of "greenhouse" gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and the chlorofluorocarbons, could cause the world to warm and sea ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
Number of Pages
415
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401065917
SKU
V9789401065917
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99-15
Reviews for The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh
`Warrick and Ahmad's learned treatise is a comprehensive and thorough piece of work and it should be read by all serious academics, political leader4s, policy-makers and media commentators before they form their opinions on the portents of environmental change for Bangladesh.' The Holocene, 7 (1997)