Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose - Couverture souple

Schneider, Dr. Stephen H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0297816446 ISBN 13 : 9780297816447

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996

Synopsis

The possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher standards of living has spawned an international controversy over the appropriateness of international controls on deforestation and energy use. In order to address the political debate, it is essential to understand the scientific background that underlies the problem. This book draws relevant material from the physical, biological and social sciences and integrates this information in the context of the environment-development debate. It takes the reader on a journey from the dawn of earth's climate and biological evolution through the era of the dinosaurs, past the Ice Age and into the shadowy environmental future increasingly dominated by human activities. In the final analysis, it will be human values more than scientific methods that must be applied to decide how to gamble with the fate of the earth.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stephen H. Schneider is Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Stanford University, USA, and former Department Director of Advanced Study Project at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder. He is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading experts in atmospheric resear

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297816446
• ISBN 13: 9780297816447
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible