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Global warming [cd] : global threat / Michael B. McElroy. |
| Authors: | McElroy, Michael B. |
| Call number: | CD 363.73874 MCE |
| Publisher: | Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2003. |
| Publication date: | p2003. |
| Subject: |
Global warming.
Climatic changes. Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric. Pollution -- Environmental aspects. Sound recordings. |
| Series title: | Modern scholar |
| Title: | Global warming [cd] : global threat / Michael B. McElroy. |
| Physical description: | 7 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (88 p. ; 22 cm.) |
| Performer note: | Lectures by Michael B. McElroy, Harvard University. |
| Contents note: | Lecture 1. Perspectives on earth history -- Lecture 2. Stratospheric ozone depletion -- Lecture 3. The human role of life on earth -- Lecture 5. The efficiency of the natural greenhouse effect -- Lecture 6. Changing concentration of CO₂ -- Lecture 7. Current CO₂ trends -- Lecture 8. Methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases -- Lecture 9. Total climate system -- Lecture 10. The role of the ocean -- Lecture 11. The history of climate changes -- Lecture 12. Weather modeling -- Lecture 13. Environmental policy --Lecture 14. Summary. |
| Notes: | Compact discs. "14 lectures"--Cover. |
| Summary note: | This course discusses the complex interdependent systems that regulate the environment of Earth. Also, this course offers listeners a comprehensive overview of the essential environmental issues of our time. Some of the issues discussed include: air pollution, acid rain, depletion of the stratospheric ozone, destruction of tropical forests, and impending climate changes. |
| ISBN: | 1402539142 9781402539145 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1074099 |
| Bib No.: | 1074099 |
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