Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

by Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies

The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world.
In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds. The book was written as a basis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309127106
• ISBN13: 9780309127103
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 10.8"