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- catalog abstract "The Forgiving Air is an authoritative, up-to-date handbook on global change. Written by a scientist for nonscientists, this primer humanizes the great environmental issues of our time - the hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and air pollution - and explains everything in accessible prose. A new preface takes into account developments in environmental policy that have occurred since publication. Highlighting the interrelatedness of human activity and global change, Richard Somerville stresses the importance of an educated public in a world where the role of science is increasingly critical.".
- catalog contributor b9052526.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. The Ozone Hole -- 3. The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. Computing Weather and Climate -- 5. Reacting to Climate Change -- 6. Global Change Causes and Remedies -- 7. Air Pollution and Acid Rain -- 8. The Future of Planet Earth -- 9. On Scientists and Doing Science.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Forgiving Air is an authoritative, up-to-date handbook on global change. Written by a scientist for nonscientists, this primer humanizes the great environmental issues of our time - the hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and air pollution - and explains everything in accessible prose. A new preface takes into account developments in environmental policy that have occurred since publication. Highlighting the interrelatedness of human activity and global change, Richard Somerville stresses the importance of an educated public in a world where the role of science is increasingly critical.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 195 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520088905 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "363.73/92 20".
- catalog subject "Acid rain Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Air Pollution Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Climatic changes Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Climatic changes.".
- catalog subject "Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Ozone layer depletion Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "QC879.7 .S66 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. The Ozone Hole -- 3. The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. Computing Weather and Climate -- 5. Reacting to Climate Change -- 6. Global Change Causes and Remedies -- 7. Air Pollution and Acid Rain -- 8. The Future of Planet Earth -- 9. On Scientists and Doing Science.".
- catalog title "The forgiving air : understanding environmental change / Richard C.J. Somerville.".
- catalog type "text".