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The Greenhouse Effect
Life on a Warmer Planet
By Johnson, Rebecca L.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82251-591-3
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Lerner Publications Co., c1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1990
A book that is especially noteworthy for its calm, balanced approach to a timely topic. It avoids sensational disaster scenarios and clearly presents the basic processes of atmospheric change. Like most authorities on the subject, Johnson describes carbon dioxide gas as the main cause of global warming, and shows how deforestation reduces Earth's capacity to balance the atmosphere by absorbing the gas. She gives balanced, effective descriptions of the computer-based models that are u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
