Climate Change: Biological and Human Aspects

1. An introduction to climate change 2. Principal indicators of past climates 3. Past climate change 4. The Oligocene to the Quaternary: climate and biology 5. Present climate and biological change 6. Current warming and likely future impacts 7. The human ecology of climate change 8. Sustainability and policy Appendix 1. Glossary and abbreviations Appendix 2. Bio-geological chronology Appendix 3. Calculations of energy demand/supply and orders of magnitude Appendix 4. Further thoughts for consideration Index.

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