In Context
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Climate Change in Context is a comprehensive guide to the increasingly important topic of climate change, including global warming. Cross-curricular in nature, the title supports both basic and advanced curricula in earth and environmental science, general science, history, government, and the social sciences. Geared for high school students, this 2-volume, 4-color title offers coverage of the impact of climate change on daily life, trade and commerce, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations. It brings together original essays written by leading experts in the field, primary source documents, and sidebars on the cultural, economic, and political issues surrounding climate change. Topics include: Abrupt Climate Change, Carbon Footprint, Climate Engineering, Climate Change Skeptics, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 Report, Media Coverage of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and many more.