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Fixing climate :

by Broecker, Wallace S., frey50
Additional authors: Kunzig, Robert.
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Hill and Wang, (New York :) , 2008 Physical details: xvi, 253 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780809045013 (hardcover : alk. paper); 080904501X (hardcover : alk. paper).
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Taming the beast -- Pyramid lake -- Finding science -- Ice ages and the Serb theory -- Proving Milankovic, doubting Milankovic -- Carbon dioxide and the keeling curve -- Where the carbon goes -- A conveyor belt in the ocean -- Conveyor jams, climate lurches -- Why worry? -- Ice melts, sea level rises -- Megadroughts of the past -- The drying of the future -- Green is not enough -- Scrubbing the air -- Disposing of carbon -- Fixing climate.

An unconventional study of the issue of global warming focuses on the root cause of the problem--the influx of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere--and argues that only the development of new technologies can reduce carbon dioxide output.