Living in a warmer world : how a changing climate will affect our lives / Jim Salinger (ed.).

By:

Salinger, M. J [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Auckland : David Bateman, 2013Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1869538404
9781869538408

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.25 23

Contents:

1. Biodiversity : how will wildlife fare as the globe warms? / Terry L. Root -- 2. Coral reefs / Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- 3. The response of insects to climate change / Nigel R. Andrew and John S. Terblanche -- 4. Climate and water / Francis Chiew -- 5. Glaciers and climate / Jim Salinger and Trevor Chinn -- 6. Rising sea level and our coastal society / John R. Church -- 7. Water resources / Samantha J. Capon -- 8. Wheat / Mark Howden ... [et al.] -- 9. Grasslands / Peter Lane ... [et al.] -- 10. Viticulture and wine / Greg V. Jones -- 11. Livestock / Richard Eckard ... [et al.] -- 12. Marine fisheries / Alister J. Hobday -- 13. Heatwaves and health / Glenn McGregor -- 14. Climate and the spread of infectious diseases, present and future / Anthony J. McMichael -- 15. Confidence, consensus and the uncertainty cops : tackling risk-management in climate change / Stephen H. Schneider -- Postscript / Terry L. Root -- 16. Dangerously political : news media framings of climate change / Jan Sinclair -- 17. Ethical issues / Jonathan Boston.

Summary: This book examines how our changing climate will affect our everyday lives through access to food, water and even land, and how this will also impact on our health. More importantly, it looks at what science is doing to help us plan for and adapt to our future. It looks beyond the debate over how and why, and describes what is actually happening as our world gets warmer.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines how our changing climate will affect our everyday lives through access to food, water and even land, and how this will also impact on our health. More importantly, it looks at what science is doing to help us plan for and adapt to our future. It looks beyond the debate over how and why, and describes what is actually happening as our world gets warmer.

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