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040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
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245	0	0	_aClimate Toolkit _bA Resource Manual for Science and Action _cFrank Granshaw
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bPortland State University Library
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_aPart I. Weather / Climate Basics -- Part II. Present Impacts -- Part III. Past Climate Change -- Part IV. Potential Climate Change -- Part V. Going forward - Mitigation, adaptation, and action
520	0		_aThe Climate Toolkit is a resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science. As such it contains a collection of activities that make use of readily available on-line resources developed by research groups and public agencies. These include web-based climate models, climate data archives, interactive atlases, policy papers, and "solution" catalogs. Unlike a standard textbook, it is designed to help readers do their own climate research and devise their own perspective rather than providing them with a script to assimilate and repeat. The activities in the manual are divided into five sections that include weather and climate basics, present climate impacts, past climate change, future change and impacts, and strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation. These are followed by three appendices which contain information about the on-line tools used in the activities in this manual; a catalog of on-line and print resources produced by research groups, government agencies, and community groups involved in climate and sustainability work; and background on the history and key players in the international climate negotiation process. Though originally aimed at undergraduate non-science majors, the manual has been broadened for a wider audience in non-academic settings like community groups, service organizations, workplace study groups, and faith communities.
542	1		_fAttribution-NonCommercial
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on print resource
650		0	_aEarth Sciences _vTextbooks
700	1		_aGranshaw, Frank _eauthor
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/874 _zAccess online version
999			_c20210 _d20210