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Volcanic eruptions, global warming, climate change, weather extremes

GLOBAL WARMING THE COMPLETE BRIEFING JOHN HOUGHTON Co-Chairman of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS            REPRINTED 1999 PART I Introduction to the First Edition It is only during the last thirty years or so that human activities have been of such a kind or on a …

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Volcanic eruptions, global warming, climate change, weather extremes

2010 Diary week 16 Book Review Volcanic eruptions, global warming, climate change, weather extremes This week there will be a break in book reviews on gardening, farming and food production to move on to books dealing with volcanic eruptions, global warming, climate change, weather extremes. Global Warming: The Complete Briefing provides the basic information required …

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Food from dryland gardens

FOOD FROM DRYLAND GARDENS AN ECOLOGICAL, NUTRITIONAL, AND SOCIAL APPROACH TO SMALL-SCALE HOUSEHOLD FOOD PRODUCTION DAVID A. CLEVELAND & DANIELA SOLERI CENTER FOR PEOPLE, FOOD & ENVIRONMENT                1991 Preface by James P. Grant, Executive Director, UNICEF Household gardens are an important part of the indigenous agricultural production system in almost all developing countries. For …

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Doubling water productivity in agriculture

PILLAR OF SAND CAN THE IRRIGATION MIRACLE LAST? SANDRA POSTEL NORTON/WORLDWATCH BOOKS                  1999 Preface by Sandra Pastel March 1999 The key challenge has been clear: How can we meet growing human needs for water without destroying the health of rives, lakes, and other aquatic systems that we depend on and that provide so many …

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