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050	0	0	_aQC981.8.G56 _bR53 2019
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100	1		_aRich, Nathaniel
245	1	0	_aLosing Earth : _ba recent history _c/ Nathaniel Rich
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2019
300			_a206 pages _b: illus. _c; 22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction : the reckoning -- Part I. Shouts in the street : 1979-1982. The whole banana : spring 1979 -- Mirror worlds : spring 1979 -- Between clambake and chaos : July 1979 -- Enter Cassandra, raving : 1979-1980 -- A very aggressive defensive program : 1979-1980 -- Tiger on the road : October 1980 -- A deluge most unnatural : November 1980-September 1981 -- Heroes and villains : March 1982 -- The direction of an impending catastrophe : 1982 -- Part II. Bad science fiction : 1983-1988. Caution not panic : 1983-1984 -- The world of action : 1985 -- The ozone in October : fall 1985-summer 1986 -- Atmospheric scientist, New York, N.Y. : fall 1987-spring 1988 -- Part III. You will see things that you shall believe : 1988-1989. Nothing but bonfires : summer 1988 -- Signal weather : June 1988 -- Woodstock for climate change : June 1988-April 1989 -- Fragmented world : fall 1988 -- The great includer and the old engineer : spring 1989 -- Natural processes : May 1989 -- The White House effect : spring-fall 1989 -- Skunks at the garden party : November 1989 -- Afterword : glass-bottomed boats.
520			_aBy 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change - including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. This is their story.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aGlobal warming _x-History
650		4	_aGlobal environmental change _x-History
650		4	_aCarbon dioxide _x-Environmental aspects
650		4	_aPetroleum industry and trade _x-History
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