Kusky, Timothy M. <br/><br/>
Climate change :  shifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts / 
Timothy Kusky 
 - New York :  Facts on File,  c2009 
 - xviii, 156 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - The Hazardous Earth .
 - The Hazardous Earth .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Natural long-term climate change: atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, supercontinents, and solar evolution -- Natural medium- and short-term climate change: astronomical forcing, El Niņo-southern oscillation, thermohaline circulation, and massive volcanism -- Human- induced climate changes -- Global climate changes that lead to droughts and desert formation -- Examples of expanding deserts and drought disasters -- Shrinking glaciers -- Past, present, and future : prediction and mitigation of future climate change -- Summary 
<br/><br/> An engrossing history of Earth's climate, including a thorough examination of the myriad causes of climate change over time, human-induced climate change over the past 200 years, and the affect that climate change has had on the environment 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816064663 0816064660 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Climatic changes<br/>Climatic changes--Environmental aspects<br/>Climatic zones