By Shinji Nakagawa, Masato Sugi, Tatsuo Motoi, Seiji Yukimoto (auth.), Shuzo Nishioka, Hideo Harasawa (eds.)
Global warming poses a significant hazard to the standard of existence within the twenty first century. Taking Japan to illustrate, this ebook explains the predicted effect of world warming on glossy society-natural ecosystems; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; water assets and environments; the infrastructure and socioeconomic process; and human healthiness. the newest medical and technical info is gifted through greater than 30 favorite researchers who're assessing the capability effect of worldwide warming on nature and society. the result of their examine offer dramatic facts of the urgency of the duty confronted by means of coverage makers in responding to weather swap. For scientists and govt officers alike, this quantity will be thought of required reading.
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