Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming /

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"In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of resear...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Howe, Joshua P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]
Series:Weyerhaeuser environmental classics.
Subjects:
Global warming > History.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Environmental protection.
Science > Political aspects.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Histoire.
Gaz carbonique atmosphérique.
Environnement > Protection.
Sciences > Aspect politique.
environmental protection.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th century.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Environmental protection
Global warming
Science > Political aspects
Erwärmung > Meteorologie
Wissenschaft
Politik
Réchauffement de la Terre.
Global uppvärmning > historia.
Koldioxid > miljöaspekter.
Miljöskydd > historia.
Vetenskap > politiska aspekter.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: telling stories about CO₂
  • The cold war roots of global warming?
  • Scientists, environmentalists, and the global atmosphere?
  • Making the global environment?
  • Climate, the environment, and scientific activism?
  • The politics of dissent?
  • The IPCC and the primacy of science?
  • The gospel of the market?
  • Epilogue: climbing out from behind the curve?

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