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Climate Management Issues
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Climate Management Issues

by Julie K. Gines
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
470 pages
16h 40m
English
CRC Press
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6 Climate Management Issues
DID YOU KNOW?
There are several interesting facts concerning climate change. For instance, did you know
that:
According to the WMO, this past decade has been the warmest on record. In addi-
tion, the top 11 warmest years ever recorded have all occurred in the last 13 years
(WMO, 2009).
Scientists attribute the atmosphere’s rapid warming principally to human activities,
mainly the burning of fossil fuels.
Every year the CO
2
concentration level in the atmosphere steadily climbs higher, and
the earth will reach a “tipping point” of no return if humans do not reverse the trend.
In order to avoid a rise of 6ºC by the end of this century, which is the critical level iden-
tied by climate change research scientists ...
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ISBN: 9781439861066