01522nam a2200253 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020001800079020001500097040000800112100002200120245008500142260003800227300003600265490002400301504005000325505054000375520024500915650002101160650004401181650001901225830002401244vtls000048059KUKTEM20251117145521.0101109t2009    nyuab  f b    001 0 eng|d  a9780816064663  a0816064660  aUMP1 aKusky, Timothy M.10aClimate change :bshifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts /cTimothy Kusky  aNew York :bFacts on File,cc2009  axviii, 156 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.1 aThe Hazardous Earth  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aNatural long-term climate change: atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, supercontinents, and solar evolution -- Natural medium- and short-term climate change: astronomical forcing, El Niño-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  aAn 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 0aClimatic changes 0aClimatic changesxEnvironmental aspects 0aClimatic zones 0aThe Hazardous Earth