Global Warming
The goal of environmentalstewardship 329 last August, Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations presented ‘Competi ...
330 The globalvillage An encouraging development is the growing interest of some of the world’s largest companies in tackling th ...
Notes 331 of capability and need between developed and developing nations; (5) the establishment of a cooperative plan for educa ...
332 The globalvillage 5 The former United Nations Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has said that ‘the next war in the M ...
Glossary Afforestation Planting of new forests on lands that historically have not contained forests Agenda 21 A document accept ...
334 Glossary Business-as-usual The scenario for future world patterns of energy consumption andgreenhouse gasemissions which ass ...
Glossary 335 Daisyworld A model of biological feedback mechanisms developed by James Lovelock (see alsoGaia hypothesis) DC Devel ...
336 Glossary molecules of greenhouse gasesinstead of being retransmitted out to space, thus warming the atmosphere. The name com ...
Glossary 337 Millibar (mb) Unit of atmospheric pressure equal tohectopascal.Typical pressure at the surface is 1000 mb MINK Regi ...
338 Glossary Primary energy Energy sources, such asfossil fuels, nuclear or wind power, which are not used directly for energy b ...
Glossary 339 into other forms of energy or which only delivers the heat energy to another reservoir at a different temperature. ...
Index Figures initalic,Tablesinbold; B after page number signifies Box; n after page number signifies material in notes. acid ra ...
Index 341 possible responses 152 salt water intrusion affecting more agricultural land 151–2 vulnerability to storm surges 4, 15 ...
342 Index Christianity, caring for the Earth 205 Clark, Professor William, on the conception and conduct of environmental resear ...
Index 343 important marine ecosystems in 176 and sea–level rise 153 corals 67B crop wastes, fuel from 294 crops, use as fuels 29 ...
344 Index energy conservation (cont.) use of integrated building design 282–3 BedZED a Zero Emission (fossil fuel) Development 2 ...
Index 345 impact of climate change 157–64 increasing human use 155–8 see alsowater; water supplies fuel cell technology 331, 311 ...
346 Index Hurricane Andrew 4 a huge weather-related loss 181B Hurricane George 179 Hurricane Gilbert 4 Hurricane Mitch 4, 179, 1 ...
Index 347 malaria and dengue fever 178 Maldives, Indian Ocean, vulnerable to sea-level rise 153 marine biological activity great ...
348 Index Pacific, tropical, surface temperature more El Ni ̃no-like 62–4, 127 Pacific–North Atlantic Anomaly (PNA) 127 Pakistan ...
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