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Climatic and Atmospheric Change

Abrahamson, D.E. (ed.) The Challenge of global warming -- Washington, D.C: Island Press, c1989. xviii, 358 p. : ill. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 327-336.

Acocks, J.P.H.; Leistner, C.A. (ed.) Veld types of South Africa -- [3rd ed.] -- Pretoria: Botanical Research Institute, 1988. x, 146 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa ; no. 57 Includes bibliographic references and index.

Allaby, M. Green facts : the greenhouse effect and other key issues -- rev. ed. -- London: Hamlyn, 1989, c1986. 192 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) Originally published as: Ecology facts, 1986. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 188.

Allaby, M. Living in the Greenhouse -- Wellingborough: Thorsons, 1990. 192 p...

Barrett, K.; Van der Merwe, C. (jt. auth.) Inside the Earth Summit : climate change -- Auckland Park: Frontline, [1992]. [1], 25 leaves. Earth Summit '92 : United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

Bernard, H.W. Global warming unchecked : signs to watch for -- Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1993. xi, 186 p. : ill., maps. Includes index.

Cameron, J.; Werksman, J. (jt. auth.); Roderick, P. (jt. auth.) Improving compliance with international environmental law -- London: Earthscan, 1996. xviii, 341 p.

The international law and sustainable development series Climate change and energy efficiency in industry -- London: IPIECA in cooperation with UNEP/IEO, 1991. 64 p. : col. ill. An introduction for industrial management and government to the process of energy auditing, supported by practical examples.

Climate change dossier -- Chƒtelaine, Switzerland: Information Unit on Climate Change (IUCC), IUCC fact sheets File containing fact sheets. Series one: The causes of climate change - series two: The impacts of climate change - series three: The international response to climate change.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) Atmospheric fallout composition in the Mhlatuze Water Board Area : final report, October 1982-85 -- Durban: CSIR, 1985. 1 v. (various pagings)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) National programme for weather, climate and atmospheric research : annual report 1984/85 -- Pretoria: CSIR, 1984. 28 p. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 95

Council on Environemtal Quality (U.S.) Global energy futures and the carbon dioxide problem -- [S.l.]: Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, 1981. ix, 92 p. : ill. "January 1981.". S/N 041-011-00054-8. Item 856-E. Includes bibliographical references.

De Villiers, G. du T. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) The impact of climate and weather on the activities and weather on the building and construction industry in South Africa -- Pretoria: CSIR, 1986. 42 p. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 120 Bibliography: p.38-42.

The El Nino phenomenon -- Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 1992. 36 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. UNEP/GEMS environment library ; no. 8 Cover title.

Frankhauser, S. Valuing climate change : the economics of the greenhouse effect -- London: Earthscan, 1994. xii, 180 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Frisken, W.R. The atmospheric environment -- Washington: Resources for the Future, 1973. x, 68 p. Includes bibliographies.

Graves, J.D.; Reavey, D. (jt. auth.) Global environmental change : plants, animals and communities -- Harlow: Longman, 1996. x, 226 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gribbin, J. Hothouse earth -- London: Bantam, 1990. [273] p. : ill., maps. Bibliography: p. 264-268 and index.

Houghton, J.T. (ed.); Jenkins, G.J. (jt. ed.); Ephraums, J.J. (jt. ed.) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate change : the IPCC scientific assessment -- New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xxxix, 364 p. : ill. (some col.) "Report prepared for IPCC by Working Group 1"--7th prelim. p.. Library copy bound in ringfile.

Hughes, P. Personal transport and the greenhouse effect : a strategy for sustainability -- London: Earthscan Publications, 1993. 175 p. : ill.

Hulme, M. World Wide Fund for Nature. Climate change due to the greenhouse effect and its implications for China -- Gland: WWF, 1992. 56 p. : ill.

The impact of climate change -- Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 1993. 40 p. : ill. UNEP/GEMS environment library ; no. 10

The impacts of climate on fisheries -- Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 1994. 36 p. : col. ill. UNEP environment library ; no. 13 Cover title. International Conference of the United Nations Environment Programme Insurance Industry Initiative (3rd : 1998 : Cologne, Germany) Environmental tools for the insurance and financial industries -- Geneve: UNEP, 1998. 1 v. (various pagings : ill.

Keating, M. Covering the environment : a handbook on environmental journalism -- Ottawa: National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 1993. x, 164 p. : ill. National Round Table series on sustainable development.

Kruger, F.J. (ed.); Mitchell, D.T. (jt. ed.); Jarvis, J.U.M. (jt. ed.) Mediterranean type ecosystems : origin and structure -- New York: Springer-Verlag, 1973. xii, 405 p. : ill. Ecological studies ; v. 7 Includes bibliographies.

LaRoe, E.T. ... [et al.] (ed.) Our living resources : a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems -- Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. xi, 530 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) Report provides information on distribution, abundance, and health of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, plants, terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, coastal and marine ecosystems, riparian ecosystems, the Great Plains, Interior West, Alaska, and Hawaii. It also discusses special issues: global climate change, human influences, non-native species, and habitat assessments.

Leggett, J. (ed.) Global warming : the Greenpeace repor t -- New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xi, 554 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Maunder, W.J. (comp.) Stockholm Environment Institute; World Climate Conference (2nd : 1990 : Geneva, Switzerland) Dictionary of global climate change - - 2nd ed. -- London: UCL Press, 1994. xxvi, 257 p. Bibliography: p. xv-xix.

Maya, R.S. (ed.); Gupta, J. (jt. ed.) Joint implementation: carbon colonies or business opportunities? : weighing the odds in an information vacuum -- Harare: Southern Centre for Energy and Environment, 1996. xii, 164 p.

National Research Council (U.S.). Climatic Impact Committee. Environmental impact of stratospheric flight : biological and climatic effects of aircraft emissions in the stratosphere -- Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1975. xiii, 348 p. : ill. Includes bibliographies.

Nilsson, S.; Pitt, D. (jt. auth.) Protecting the atmosphere : the climate change convention and its context -- London: Earthscan, 1994. x, 209 p.

Nordhaus, W.D. (ed.) Economics and policy issues in climate change -- Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1998. ix, 324 p. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Norway. Ministry of Environment. Environmental policy for a sustainable development : joint efforts for the future Recommendations from the Ministry of Environment, 6 June 1997, approved in the Council of State the same day. (Summary, Chapter no. 1). Report to the Storting, which identifies biodiversity as one of three main environmental challenges, together with climate change and hazardous chemicals.

Okoth-Ogendo, H.W.O. (ed.); Ojwang, J.B. (jt. ed.) A climate for development : climate change policy options for Africa -- Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1995. xxii, 264 p. Environmental policy series ; no. 5 This book represents the main outcome of the Climate and Africa Project. The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) initiated the project and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) did the research.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Climate change : evaluating the socio-economic impacts -- Paris: OECD, 1991. 109 p. : ill.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Guidelines for aid agencies on global environmental problems -- Paris: OECD, 1991. 45 p. OCDE/GD(91)202

Parry, M.L. Climate change and world agriculture -- London: Earthscan Publications in association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, United Nations Environment Programme, 1990. xv, 157 p... Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pearce, D. Blueprint 4 : capturing global environmental value -- London: Earthscan, 1995. xiii, 212 p.

Pearman, G.I. (ed.) Greenhouse : planning for climate change -- New York: E.J. Brill, 1988. xv, 752 p. : ill.  Papers of a conference held at Monash University, Melbourne, in 1987. Includes bibliographies.

Potential impacts of expected climate change on coastal and near-shore environment - - Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 1992. iii, 18 p. UNEP regional seas reports and studies ; no. 140 "This issue . prepared by Messrs. Gerges and M. El-Sayed . "--Pref.

Roan, S. Ozone crisis : the 15-year evolution of a sudden global emergency -- New York: Wiley, 1989. xviii, 270 p. : ill. Wiley science editions Includes index. Bibliography: p. 264-267.

South Africa. Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Climate change : a South African policy discussion document -- [S.l.: s.n.], [1998]. 48 p. This Discussion Document acts as the predecessor to the White Paper on Climate Change.

South Africa. Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The environment - South Africa's international commitments -- [Pretoria]: Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, 1995. 4 p. : ill.

South Africa. Weather Bureau. Observe weather and become climate-wise -- [Pretoria]: Weather Bureau, Dept of Environment Affairs, 1994. 10, 10 p. : ill. Top-to-tail publication. Afrikaans title: Neem die weer waar en word klimaat-wys. Catalogued from cover.

St Lucia Lake research report -- Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 3 v. (various pagings) : ill. Contents: Vol. 1. Hydrology and climatology of the St. Lucia Lake system / I.P.G. Hutchison - v. 2. Lake and estuary - hydrographic data / I.P.G. Hutchison - v. 3. Mathematical models for simulating one-dimensional tidal propagation and dispersion in the St. Lucia estuary / I.P.G. Hutchison.

Technical Conference on Tropical Urban Climates (1993 : Dhaka, Bangladesh) Report of the Technical Conference on Tropical Urban Climates, 28 March - 2 April, 1993, Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Geneve: World Meteorological Organization, 1994. xliv, [1], 588, 3 p. : ill. Catalogued from cover.

Thailand national report to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) -- [S.l.: s.n.], 1992. ix, 151 p.

Titus, J.G. (ed.) Effects of changes in stratospheric ozone and global climate -- Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [1986]. 4 v. : ill. Contents: Vol. 1. Overview - v. 2. Stratospheric ozone - v. 3. Climate change - v. 4. Sea level rise. Library has v. 1 and 4. "Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Environmental Effects of Ozone Modification and Climate Change sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency". Includes bibliographies.

Tyson, P.D.; Preston-Whyte, R.A. (jt. auth.); Schulze, R.E. (jt. auth.) The climate of the Drakensberg - - Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa: Town and Regional Planning Commission, 1976. 82 p. : ill. Natal town and regional planning report ; v. 31 Bibliography: p. 77-79.

Tyson, P.D. Climatic change and variability in Southern Africa -- Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1986. ix, 220 p. : ill. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Tyson, P.D.; Kruger, F.J. (jt. auth.); Louw, C.W. (jt. auth.) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) Atmospheric pollution and its implications in the Eastern Transvaal Highveld -- Pretoria: CSIR, 1988. 114 p. : ill. South African national scientific programmes report ; no. 150

Understanding climate change : a beginner's guide to the UN Framework Convention -- Chƒtelaine, Switzerland: Information Unit on Climate Change (IUCC), 1995. 20 p. : ill. 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; World Metereological Organization. Atmospheric ozone, 1985 : assessment of our understanding of the processes controlling its present distribution and change -- Geneva: World Metereological Organization, 1985. 3 v. Global ozone research and monitoring project report ; no. 16 Includes bibliographies.

Walmsley, R.D. (ed.); Tosen, G. (jt. ed.) Foundation for Research Development; South Africa. Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; Environmental Scientific Association; South Africa. Dept of Foreign Affairs. International environmental treaties and protocols: implications for South Africa : proceedings of a conference convened by the Foundation for Research Development, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, the Environmental Scientific Association and the Department of Foreign Affairs held at the CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, 20 June 1995 -- [Pretoria]: Foundation for Research Development, 1995. 167 p. : ill. Contents: Biodiversity, migratory species, global climate, toxic wastes, law of the sea, Antarctica, wetlands, desertification, whaling and ozone layer.

Williams, M.A.J.; Balling, R.C. (jt. auth.) Interactions of desertification and climate -- London: Arnold, 1996. viii, 270 p. : ill., plates, maps (some col.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Prepared for the World Meteorological Organisation, United Nations Environmental [sic] Programme.

Wolfe, D.A. (ed.) United States. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; United States. Environmental Protection Agency; Symposium on fate and effects of petroleum hydrocarbons in marine ecosystems and organisms (1976 : Washington) Proceedings of a symposium, November 10-12, 1976, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington -- New York: Pergamon Press, 1977. xix, 478 p. : ill. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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World Meteorological Organization. Weather, climate and health -- Geneva: World Meteorological Organization, 1999. 36 p. : ill. (some col.) WMO ; 892

World Resources Institute; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme. World resources 1990-91 : a report -- 1986- -- New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xiv, 383 p. : ill. Biennial publication of the World Resources Institute.

World Resources Institute; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme. World resources, 1992-93 : a report -- New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. xiv, 385 p. : ill. "A guide to the global environment"--Prelim. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Zahorchak, M.G. (ed.) Climate : the key to understanding business cycles : with a forecast of trends into the 21st century -- Linden: Tide Press, 1986. 265 p. The Raymond H. Wheeler papers

 
   
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