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The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science 

Earth’s Changing Climate (video)

Tropical glaciers are the world's thermometers; their melting is a signal that human activities are warming the planet. A California project tries to predict whether natural ecosystems will be able to absorb enough additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the next 50 years to mitigate the full impact of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science 

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Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in association with the Harvard University Center for the Environment. 2007.
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  • ISBN: 1-57680-883-1

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