Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change

by National Academies Press and National Academies

Global climate change is one of America's most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity--especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, and land use change--is affecting global average temperatures, snow and ice cover, sea-level, ocean acidity, growing seasons and precipitation patterns, ecosystems, and human health. Climate-related decisions are being carried out by almost every agency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309145945
• ISBN13: 9780309145947
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"