Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An introduction to climate change
- 2 Principal indicators of past climates
- 3 Past climate change
- 4 The Oligocene to the Quaternary: climate and biology
- 5 Present climate and biological change
- 6 Current warming and likely future impacts
- 7 The human ecology of climate change
- 8 Sustainability and policy
- Appendix 1 Glossary and abbreviations
- Appendix 2 Bio-geological chronology
- Appendix 3 Calculations of energy demand/supply and orders of magnitude
- Appendix 4 The IPCC 2007 report
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An introduction to climate change
- 2 Principal indicators of past climates
- 3 Past climate change
- 4 The Oligocene to the Quaternary: climate and biology
- 5 Present climate and biological change
- 6 Current warming and likely future impacts
- 7 The human ecology of climate change
- 8 Sustainability and policy
- Appendix 1 Glossary and abbreviations
- Appendix 2 Bio-geological chronology
- Appendix 3 Calculations of energy demand/supply and orders of magnitude
- Appendix 4 The IPCC 2007 report
- Index
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- Climate ChangeBiological and Human Aspects, pp. xv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007