Mackenzie Selected Pages- first 3 weeks

The Following books are related to our course, and they are available in UA library.

<<What we know about climate change>> by Kerry Emanuel (QC981.8.G56 E43 2007)

<<Earth under fire: how global warming is changing the world>> by Gary Braasch (QC981.8.C5 B715 2007)

<<Our changing planet: the view from space>> edited by Michael D. King ... [et al.] (QE33.2.R4 O97 2007)

<<Six degrees: our future on a hotter planet>> by Mark Lynas (QC981.8.G56 L983 2008)

<<The weather makers: how man is changing the climate and…>> by Tim Flannery (QC981.8.C5 F438 2005)

<<Field notes from a catastrophe: man, nature, and climate change>> by Elizabeth Kolbert (QC981.8.G56 K655 2006)

<<The forgiving air: understanding environmental change>> by Richard C.J. Somerville (QC879.7 .S66 1996)

<<The Elements on Earth>> by P.A. Cox (QD31.2 C682 1995) Includes some information on the formation of elements as well as a description of the Earth’s radiation budget.

<<How to Build a Habitable Planet>> by Wallace Broecker (QE 515 B78 1985)

<<The Changing Atmosphere>> by John Firor (QC 86.2 F57 1990)

<<Atmosphere, Climate and Change>> by Thomas Graedel and Paul J. Crutzen (QC981 G63 1995) A book filled with beautiful illustrations and elegant explanations.

<<Ecology and the Environment>> by Sally Morgan (QH 541 M565 1995)

<<Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences>> by R.M. Harrison and S.J. de Mora (QD 31.2 I572 1996)

<<The World of Carbon>> by Isaac Asimov (QD 253 A75 1958)

<<The Dancing Univerise>> by Marcelo Gleiser (QB 981 G57 1997

<<Earth System Science: from biogeochemical cycles to global change>> by Michael Jacobson (QH344. E37 2000)

Other Books: (not in UA Library yet)

<<The Earth System>> by Lee R. Kump et al., 1999, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

 

Articles

August, Is Mother Earth about to get rid of us- or can we save ourselves by living sustainably? (Tucson Weekly, Dec. 18-24

Cerceo, The fragile existence of civilization: Are we tempting fate with acid precipitation and global warming? American Lab. April 2001.

1st and 3rd page are most relevant to our class.

 

Smith, In praise of petroleum? Science 298: 147 (2002)

 

Eilperin, Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change. Washington Post, Jan 29 (2006)

 

Benford, Climate Control. Reasononline 1997.

Pentagon's Weather Nightmare, Fortune Magazine (website), Jan. 26, 2004

Beef Nutrition Fact Sheet

US “Meat Stampede”