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A Short Introduction to Climate Change.
Provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 THE SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY; THE HOCKEY STICK; FURTHER READING; 2 GLOBAL WARMING; BLOSSOMS, BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS; TEMPERATURES SINCE 1880; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 3 WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE; SUNSHINE; MILANKOVIC CYCLES; SUNSPOTS AND THE SUN'S INTENSITY; EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EFFECTS; THE ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOLS; REFLECTION; THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; THE ANTARCTIC; THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE LAND; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 4 THE THERMOSTAT; THE KEELING CURVE.
- BALANCING THE HEATGARDEN GREENHOUSE; THE EARTH'S GREENHOUSE; CLOUDS AND WATER VAPOUR; GREENHOUSE GASES; MORE ON FEEDBACK; SUMMARY; 5 DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS; RAIN; BEYOND AUSTRALIA; STORMS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 6 SNOW AND ICE; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; PERMAFROST; ICECAPS AND POLAR SEA-ICE; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 7 THE OCEAN; OCEAN HEAT; SEA-LEVEL RISE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 8 FROM ICE-HOUSE TO GREENHOUSE; THE PAST 400 MILLION YEARS; THE PAST MILLION YEARS; MILANKOVIC CYCLES; ICE CORES; ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; THE AMPLIFIER; SUMMARY.
- FURTHER READING9 THE PAST 2000 YEARS; TEMPERATURES OVER THE PAST 2000 YEARS; BOREHOLES; TREE RINGS; VARVES; ICE CORES; SEASHELLS; RECONSTRUCTION OF ALL PROXY TEMPERATURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 10 CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE; WHERE DID THE CO2 COME FROM?; BURNING COAL, OIL AND GAS; THE CARBON CYCLE; METHANE SOURCES; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 11 DENIAL; THE SCIENCE OF NO CLIMATE CHANGE; DENIALISTS; 12 BET YOUR GRAND CHILDREN'S LIVES ON IT, TOO?; PREDICTIONS; TIPPING POINTS; IMPLICATIONS; TIME FOR ACTION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEO-ENGINEERING.
- WHAT CAN YOU DO?SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; NOTES; 1 THE SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY; 2 GLOBAL WARMING; 3 WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE; 4 THE THERMOSTAT; 5 DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS; 6 SNOW AND ICE; 7 THE OCEAN; 8 FROM ICE-HOUSE TO GREENHOUSE; 9 THE PAST 2000 YEARS; 10 CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE; 11 DENIAL; 12 BET YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVES ON IT, TOO?; INDEX.