Global Environmental Change: Its Nature and Impact

Global Environmental Change: Its Nature and Impact

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The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
This introduction to global environmental change for non-science majors focuses on both the processes of global change and the nature and implications of the impact -- including the contribution of the human species to this change.

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Key Benefit: This introduction to global environmental change focuses on both the processes of global change and the nature and implications of the impact -- including the contribution of the human species to this change. Key Topics: Addresses three aspects of global environmental change: the nature of the basic processes which produce natural planetary change; Earth processes which cause Earth's climate to change through time; and the geological processes which cause plate tectonics and the manifestation of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Global Environmental Change: Its Nature and Impact,John J. Hidore,Prentice Hall,0023541342,Biodiversity,Climate Changes,Climatic changes,Earth Sciences,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology,Ecology,Effect of human beings on,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Nature,Science,Science/Mathematics,Weather,Meteorology,The Environment

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