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Author:

Volk, Tyler.

Title:

CO₂ rising : the world's greatest environmental challenge / Tyler Volk.

Publisher:

MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xvi, 223 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Atmospheric carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Carbon dioxide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-218) and index.

Contents:

Introducing the CO₂ molecule and its carbon atom -- From a molecule in beer to the great cycle of carbon in the biosphere -- The worldwide increase of CO₂ -- Fossil-fuel carbon atoms join the biosphere -- Carbon's fluxes and its rate of increase -- Time capsules in ice -- Wealth, energy, and CO₂ -- How high will the CO₂ go? -- Reining in the CO₂ increase -- The ultimate fates of our carbon atoms.

ISBN:

9780262220835 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262220830 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)216938360

LCCN:

2008014027

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)