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  • Bioclimatic
  • Climatic Changes
  • Ecological
  • Global Warming
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Ozone Layer Depletion
  • Renewable Energy Sources
 

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    Definition

    "Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's surface."
    The World Book Encyclopedia 2006

    “Greenhouse effect is a warming of the lower atmosphere and surface of a planet by a complex process involving sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere.”
    The World Book Encyclopedia 2006

     

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    • What is the difference between greenhouse effect and global warming?
    • What are the greenhouse gases and why are they important to us?
    • Should we be concerned about global warming?
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    • Why is glacial melt a concern?
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    Reference Books

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    Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change - S. George Philander, editor
    Call Number: REF QC981.8.G56 E47 2008
    ISBN: 1412958784


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    Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
    Call Number: REF GE42 .E533 2009
    "Global Climate Change"

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    Climate change: in context
    Call Number: REF QC981.8.C5 C5114123 2008

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    Encyclopedia of global resources
    Call Number: REF HC85 .E49 2010
    "Greenhouse gases and global climate change"

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    Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change
    Call Number: REF QC981.8.G56 E47 2008

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    Encyclopedia of global warming
    Call Number: REF QC981.8.G56 E46 2010

     
     

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    Statistics

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    OECD environmental outlook to 2030.
    Call Number: REF HC79.E5 .O325 2008
    "Climate Change"

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    Environmental resource handbook
    Call Number: REF GE20 .E585

     

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    Cite Your Sources

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    • MLA Update 2009
      In Summer 2008, the Modern Language Association released its third edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, which publicly unveiled modifications to MLA Style for the upcoming year.
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