Abbey, Edward, 130
adelie penguins, 158–160, 162–165
Chysanoessa Macruraand, 160
diet sampling of, 158
extinction projections for, 163
study of, 158–160, 162–165
Aedes aegypti(mosquito), 76
Dengue fever and, 76
aerosols, 85, 88
cooling effects of, 88
as part of Asian brown cloud, 85, 88
Against the Tide: The Battle for America’s
Beaches(Dean), 48, 56, 178
shoreline stabilization efforts in, 56
The Age(Spillius), 86
AIMS (Australia Institute of Marine
Sciences), 130, 132–133
Alaska, 95–102
annual average temperatures in, 106
geographic history of, 95–96
global warming, effects in, 105
Little Diomede Island, 96–98
species redistribution in, 99–100
vegetation changes in, 99
Alaska Climate Research Center, 106
Alliance of Small Island States
Caribbean islands and, 76
alternative energy sources, 2, 21–22, 30–32
in China, 21–22
renewable, 2
Western Europe, investment in, 30
wind power as, 31–32
Ambrosini, Monica, 37
American Meteorological Society, 45
The American Littoral Society, 47
Ammerman, Albert, 36–37
on flooding (Venice, Italy), 36
on New Venice Consortium, 36–37
Antarctica, 157–171
adelie penguins in, 158–160, 162–165
glacier size in, 161
global warming, effects of, 160–161
“GPs” in, 165–168
mean temperature rise in, 161
meteorological changes in, 161
research facilities on, 159–160
size of, 159
anthropogenic (human enhanced) climate
changes, 163
global warming and, 163
Antigua, 61–70, 75
average income in, 63
beach sand removal in, 75
drinking water, availability of, 66
geography of, 64–65
geological zones in, 65
history of, 67
hurricane damage in, 61–62, 70
latitude of, 63
sea-level rise, effect on, 69
tropical diseases, increase in, 75–76
vegetation changes in, 65–66
warming trends in, 66
AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), 181
Arctic region, 98, 101, 107
global warming in, 98, 101
sea ice, reduction in, 98, 107
Arctic Sunrise(boat), 100INDEX
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