The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living EarthAn eloquent and definitive account of the crisis we and our earth are facing if we do not reverse the greenhouse effect and its multiple and accelerating consequences. Illustrated. |
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The Question | 1 |
Minute Particulars | 14 |
Keelings Curve | 26 |
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