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• [1] Resources: used and abused / John Ludwigson.
• [2] Pollutants: poisons around the world / Jeremy Main.
• [3] A world of cities / Frederick Gutheim.
• [4] A watch on the earth / G. M. Woodwell.
• [5] The art of progress development and the environment / Anthony Wolff.

Examines various environmental problems caused by population, pollution, misuse of natural resources, and their possible solutions.
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• 1 Front Matter-- 2 Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change-- 3 1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy-- 4 2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin Frankline Lecture-- 5 3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth-- 6 Part B: The Earth System-- 7 4. The Earth System-- 8 5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited-- 9 6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout the Millennia-- 10 7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do We Know?-- 11 8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield-- 12 9. Terrestrial Ecosystems-- 13 10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change-- 14 11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change-- 15 Part C: Impacts of Global Change-- 16 12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society?-- 17 13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise-- 18 14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms-- 19 15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the Brazilian Amazon-- 20 16. Impacts of Global Change-- 21 Part D: Implications For Public Policy-- 22 17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue-- 23 18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action-- 24 19. View from the North-- 25 20. View from the South-- 26 21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are the Implications for Public Policy-- 27 22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program?-- 28 Appendixes-- 29 A: Program
• Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future-- 30 B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members.
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Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The Forum, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and Sigma Xi, was organized to inform the public about the changes occurring in the global environment and the implications for public policy.
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Written for nonscientists, One Earth, One Future helps individuals understand the basic science behind environmental alarms and the resulting policy implications that the entire earth must face. Discusses historical climate changes, species diversity and sea-level rise.
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Written for nonscientists, One Earth, One Future helps individuals understand the basic science behind environmental alarms and the resulting policy implications that the entire earth must face. Discusses historical climate changes, species diversity and sea-level rise.
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• Preface
• Acknowledgements and apologies
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The natural earth
• 3. The causes of change
• 4. The consequences of change
• 5. To manage the planet
• 6. Reducing our impact: the means to generate and conserve energy
• 7. Managing the Earth's vegetation
• 8. The management of man
• 9. A new global economy.
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Leaving Eden is a wide-ranging survey of what is arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity today: the preservation of the natural environment. Nesbit discusses the primary physical, chemical, and biological controls on the natural environment, focusing on the complex interplay between atmospheric and terrestrial elements such as the sun, the oceans, and the systems. Integrating discussions of scientific puzzles with problems facing humanity at large, the author addresses issues such as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, deforestation, chlorofluorocarbons, nuclear waste, agricultural subsidies, and population management. The book also offers an extensive discussion of the ways in which the environment can be protected. With its particular emphasis on the interaction of human behaviour and nature, this book is suitable not only for individuals interested in environmental studies, geography, economics, and earth science, but to all those concerned with the future of the Earth.
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