Climate stabilization targets : emissions, concentrations, and impacts over decades to millennia /

"Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth's climate. Because carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is long lived, it can effectively lock the Earth and future generations into a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Climate change mitigation.
Climat > Changements.
Réchauffement de la Terre.
Gaz à effet de serre > Réduction.
Climat > Changements > Atténuation.
climate change.
global warming.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes
Global warming
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I. Synopsis
  • Summary
  • Overview of climate changes and illustrative impacts
  • Section II. Introduction
  • Emissions, concentrations, and related factors
  • Global mean temperature responses
  • Physical climate change in the 21st century
  • Impacts in the next few decades and coming centuries
  • Beyond the next few centuries
  • Appendix A. Statement of task
  • Appendix B. Committee membership
  • Appendix C. Methods
  • Appendix D. Acronym list.

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