July eBook of the Month: Climate Change: Turning up the Heat

July eBook of the Month:
Climate Change: Turning up the Heat

Is climate change really happening and does it matter? The answer from the scientific community is a resounding yes, yet debates about the reality of climate change and what measures to take are slowing our response.

In NetLibrary’s July eBook of the Month, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock argues that we need to act urgently to avoid increasingly severe climate change. Climate Change: Turning up the Heat looks at the controversy around global warming and other predicted changes, examining the scientific basis of the changes observed to date, how they relate to natural variations and why the evidence points to larger changes later this century. The effect of these changes on our natural systems and our lifestyles will be considerable and could include wild weather, shifts in global ocean circulation, decreases in crop yields and sea-level rises.

The July eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of CSIRO PUBLISHING and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access July 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) or by following this link: http://www.netlibrary.com/

Please take a look at this resource and share your comments and suggestions with the library staff or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu