1 edition of Assessing climate change impacts on the United States found in the catalog.
Assessing climate change impacts on the United States
Alex B. McNeill
Published
2010
by Nova Science Publishers in New York
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Alex B. McNeill, editor |
| Series | Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QC981.8.C5 A88 2010 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | viii, 302 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 302 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL24792301M |
| ISBN 10 | 1608761606 |
| ISBN 10 | 9781608761609 |
| LC Control Number | 2010293399 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 505421064 |
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