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The discovery of global warming / Spencer R. Weart.

By: Weart, Spencer R, 1942-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: New histories of science, technology, and medicine: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 230 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780674031890 (pbk. : alk. paper); 067403189X (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Global warming -- History | Climatic changes -- History | Climatology -- International cooperationDDC classification: 551.6 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
How could climate change? -- Discovering a possibility -- A delicate system -- A visible threat -- Public warnings -- The erratic beast -- Breaking into politics -- Speaking science to power -- The work completed .o.o. and begun.
Review: "In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How could climate change? -- Discovering a possibility -- A delicate system -- A visible threat -- Public warnings -- The erratic beast -- Breaking into politics -- Speaking science to power -- The work completed .o.o. and begun.

"In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion.

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