Assessing Climate Change Temperatures, Solar Radiation and Heat Balance /

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This updated and revised new edition of Assessing Climate Change deals with the full gamut of essential questions in relation to global warming and climate change, uniquely providing a balanced and impartial discussion of this controversial subject. It shows that most of what is "known"abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rapp, Donald (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:3rd ed. 2014.
Series:Environmental Sciences,
Subjects:
Physical geography.
Atmospheric science.
Environment.
Earth sciences.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Electric power production.
Earth System Sciences.
Atmospheric Science.
Environmental Sciences.
Earth Sciences.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Electrical Power Engineering.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The climate debate
  • 2. Variability of climate over the past few thousand years
  • 3. Global scares
  • 4. Earth temperatures over the past two hundred years
  • 5. Carbon dioxide through the ages
  • 6. The Earth's heat balance and the greenhouse effect
  • 7. Energy and climate in the 21st century
  • 8. Impacts of global warming
  • 9. The Kyoto Protocol
  • 10. Final remarks.

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