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Environmental Issues
Climate Change
Environmental Issues
Air Quality Climate Change Conservation Environmental Policy Water Pollution Wildlife Protection
Environmental Issues
Climate Change
Yael Calhoun Series Editor
Foreword by David Seideman, Editor-in-Chief, Audubon Magazine
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First Printing 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Climate change/[edited by Yael Calhoun]; foreword by David Seideman. p. cm.—(Environmental issues) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7910-8206-7 1. Climatic changes—Juvenile literature. 2. Climatic changes— Environmental aspects. I. Calhoun, Yael. II. Series. QC981.8.C5C51129 2005 363.738'74—dc22 2004028993 All links and web addresses were checked and verified to be correct at the time of publication. Because of the dynamic nature of the web, some addresses and links may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid.
Contents Overview Foreword by David Seideman, Editor-in-Chief, Audubon Magazine
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Introduction: “Why Should We Care?”
xiv
Section A:
Issues and Challenges
1
Section B:
Greenhouse Gases and the Ozone Layer
45
Section C:
Climate Change Effects
59
Section D:
Climate Change Effects on Wildlife
85
Section E:
Climate Change Effects on Water
103
Bibliography
120
Further Reading
121
Index
122
Detailed Table of Contents Foreword by David Seideman, Editor-in-Chief, Audubon Magazine
viii
Introduction: “Why Should We Care?”
xiv
Section A:
Issues and Challenges
1
How Will Climate Change Affect the United States? A Synthesis of Potential Climate Change Impacts on the United States
2 3
by Joel B. Smith
How Do Land Preservation Efforts Address the Problems of Global Warming? Global Initiative
13 14
from The Nature Conservancy
What Is One Conservation Organization Doing to Slow Climate Change? Weathering Climate Change
20 21
from Conservation International
Current & Projected Effects of Climate Change
25
from Conservation International
Do Most Scientists Agree That Climate Change Is a Global Problem? 27 IPCC Third Assessment Report: Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers 28 from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
What Effect Could Global Warming Have on Air Pollution? Heat Advisory: How Global Warming Causes More Than Bad Air Days
36 36
from the Natural Resources Defense Council
Section B:
Greenhouse Gases and the Ozone Layer
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What Is the Greenhouse Effect? Emissions
46 47
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What Is the Ozone Hole? National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Factsheets from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 51
Section C:
Climate Change Effects
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Will Climate Change Affec