Discusses the social and environmental aspects of the greenhouse effect.
Contents
I. The Immediate Future : The Warning of the 1980s. 2. The Great Drought of the 1990s. Supercane: 800 Millibars. Paying the Price in the 1990s. Don't Put Away Your Parka and Snow Shovel Yet. II. Greenhouse Gases, Climate Models, and Global Forecasts : Pogo Was Right ("We've Met the Enemy, and He Is Us"). How Do We Know What's Going to Happen? Crocodiles in New York. III. Regional Consequences: The United States : The West. The Great Plains and Midwest. The East and South. IV. The American Challenge : Converging Crises: Climate and Energy. Is There Any Hope? Signs to Watch For.
