Challenge of Global Warming

Preface
Introduction - Senator Timothy E. Wirth

PART I. The Challenge of Global Warming
Chapter 1. Global Warming: The Issue, Impacts, Responses
Chapter 2. The Greenhouse Effect: Impacts on Current Global Temperature and Regional Heat Waves
Chapter 3. The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security
Chapter 4. The Scientific Consensus
 
PART II. Global Warming: Biotic Systems
Chapter 5. Biotic Causes and Effects of the Disruption of the Global Carbon Cycle
Chapter 6. Effects of Global Warming on Biological Diversity
Chapter 7. Developing Policies for Responding to Climate Change

PART III. Global Warming: Physical Impacts
Chapter 8. Greenhouse Effects and Impacts on Physical Systems
Chapter 9. Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect
Chapter 10. Changes in Soil Moisture
Chapter 11. Effects of Climatic Change on Water Supplies in the Western United States
Chapter 12. The Causes and Effects of Sea Level Rise
Chapter 13. Greenhouse Surprises

PART IV. The Greenhouse Gases
Chapter 14. Sources, Sinks, Trends, and Opportunities
Chapter 15. Global Warming, Acid Rain, and Ozone Depletion
Chapter 16. Observed Increases in Greenhouse Gases and Predicted Climatic Changes
Chapter 17. Methane, CFCs, and Other Greenhouse Gases
 
PART V. Policy Responses
Chapter 18. The Dangers from Climate Warming: A Public Awakening
Chapter 19. One Last Chance for a National Energy Policy
Chapter 20. An Analysis of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Chapter 21. Near-term Congressional Options for Responding to Global Climate Change

For Further Reading
For Further Information
Index