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|a080904501X ((hardcover : alk. paper))
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|aBroeckerWallace S|d1931
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|aFixing climate : |bwhat past climate changes reveal about the current threat--and how to counter it / |cWallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig
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|a1st ed
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|aNew York : |bHill and Wang, |c2008
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|axvi, 253 p : |bill., map ; |c24 cm
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index
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|aTaming the beast -- Pyramid lake -- Finding science -- Ice ages and the Serb theory -- Proving Milankovic, doubting Milankovic -- Carbon dioxide and the keeling curve -- Where the carbon goes -- A conveyor belt in the ocean -- Conveyor jams, climate lurches -- Why worry? -- Ice melts, sea level rises -- Megadroughts of the past -- The drying of the future -- Green is not enough -- Scrubbing the air -- Disposing of carbon -- Fixing climate
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|aSummary:An unconventional study of the issue of global warming focuses on the root cause of the problem--the influx of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere--and argues that only the development of new technologies can reduce carbon dioxide output
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|aGlobal warming
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|aClimatic changes|xHistory
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|aKunzig Robert
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|zPublisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008004445-d.html
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