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Article: The Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change, and U.S. Forests.
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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The Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change, and U.S. Forests, edited by William E. Shands and John S. Hoffman. The Conservation Foundation, 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington, DC. 20037. Tables and graphs, 304 pp., hardcover, $29.95 plus $2 postage and handling.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides, and some other trace gases in the atmosphere have been increasing. This buildup, which results from human activities, seems likely to continue.
Theoretically these gases will trap solar radiation in the atmosphere and cause a gradual global warming. If this occurs, it will surely bring about major changes in the world we know today.
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