California Current, 119–122
along California coastline, 119–122
direction of, 119
Leuroglossus stilbiusin, 120–121
pelagic seabirds in, 121
Stenobranchus leucopsarusin, 121
water temperatures in, 120, 122
zooplankton numbers in, 120–121
Canada, 102–104
global warming, effects in, 104
salmon population in, 150–153
species redistribution in, 102
carbon levels, 1–2
effect on global warming, 1–2
Caribbean islands
Alliance of Small Island States and, 76
coral reefs in, 76
dust movements, effect on, 89
“cascade hypothesis,” 105
NRC and, 105
Causey, Billy, 127–128, 134, 181
in Florida, 127–128
Cayan, Daniel R., 144
Cecconi, Giovanni, 35
Center for Global Change and Arctic
System Research, 106
on climate change, in Alaska, 106
Central Pollution Control Board (India), 80
on nationwide rates, of pollution, 80
Cesar, Herman, 84
on ocean temperatures, 84
Chadwick, Virginia, 133
Challenger, Brian, 66, 75–76
on health trends, in Antigua, 75
on warming trends, in Antigua, 66
Chandler, William, 19
Chaudhry, Mahendra, 135, 140
in Fiji, 135
China, 3, 11–24
advanced technology in, 18–19
air pollution in, 11–13
average incomes in, 16–17
Beijing, 11–13
climate changes, effect on, 15
coal consumption in, 11–12, 14–15, 18, 22
Communist Party in, 23
current health concerns in, 15
death rates, factors for, 15
Deng Xiaoping in, 16
development paradox in, 24
economic goals of, 23–24
energy alternatives in, 21–22
energy consumption in, 18–19, 22
energy efficiency investments in, 17–19,
21
on global warming, official response to,
22
greenhouse gases, emissions in, 18, 20
“honeycomb” stoves in, 12
public transportation in, 12
statistical manipulation in, 20
subsidies in, 18
world environmental future, effect on, 17
China Energy Project, 19–20
Chysanoessa Macrura(krill), 160–161
adelie penguins and, 160
global warming, effect on, 161
Ciorra, Anthony, 53–54
Clapton, Eric, 65–66
Antigua and, 65–66
climate changes, 1–2, 5–6, 40, 82–84, 163
accelerating rates of, 1
anthropogenic, 163
China, effect on, 15
corporate response to, 6
in India, effects of, 82–84
in New York City, 40
World Economic Forum on, 5
Climate Impacts Group, 154
on climate changes, 154
Climate Justice Summit (India), 83–84
on global warming, 84
organization of, 83
climate models, 29, 168
for global warming, 168
in Western Europe, 29
Clinton, Bill, 82
CO 2 (carbon dioxide), 2, 4, 161
annual mean temperatures, effect on, 2
atmospheric levels of, 2, 161
effect on plant metabolism, 4
coal
in China, consumption of, 11–12, 14–15,
18, 21
in China, production of, 18
as fossil fuel, 1
Coastal Management, 56
coccolithophorealgae, 104
Codrington, Christopher, 71
Barbuda and, 71Index 187