The long thaw : how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate /

The human impact on Earth's climate is often treated as a hundred-year issue lasting as far into the future as 2100, the year in which most climate projections cease. In The Long Thaw, David Archer, one of the world's leading climatologists, reveals the hard truth that these changes in cli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Archer, David, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016.
Colección:Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Temas:
Global warming.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.
Climatic changes > Forecasting.
Global warming > Social aspects.
Paleoclimatology.
Global Warming
Réchauffement de la Terre.
Climat > Changements > Effets de l'homme sur.
Climat > Changements > Prévision.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Aspect social.
Paléoclimatologie.
global warming.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on
Climatic changes > Forecasting
Global warming
Global warming > Social aspects
Paleoclimatology
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. Global warming in geologic time
  • section 1. The present. The greenhouse effect ; We've seen it with our own eyes ; Forecast of the century
  • section 2. The past. Millennial climate cycles ; Glacial climate cycles ; Geologic climate cycles ; The present in the bosom of the past
  • section 3. The future. The fate of fossil fuel CO₂ ; Acidifying the ocean ; Carbon cycle feedbacks ; Sea level in the deep future ; Orbits, CO₂, and the next Ice Age
  • Epilogue. Carbon economics and ethics.

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