The Global Warming Desk Reference

From: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Hoffert, Marty | Copyright information

THE GLOBAL WARMING DESK REFERENCE Bruce E. Johansen, 2002, 376 pp., $70.00, hardbound, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-31679-1

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