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Brings together top global researchers across many disciplines to provide a comprehensive review on the complex issue of climate change and weather patterns. The third edition continues its tradition of focusing on the science and evidence on this highly politicized topic. Every chapter is updated,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2021]
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Climate Change
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
Climat > Changements.
R�echauffement de la Terre.
Effet de serre (M�et�eorologie)
climate change.
global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
Global warming
Climatic changes
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction. Global warming
  • a complex situation
  • Greenhouse gases and the emerging climate emergency
  • Part II. Tools used to investigate and predict climate change. Climate change through Earth history
  • Numerical modeling of the global climate and carbon cycle system
  • Part III. Indicators. Global surface temperatures
  • Arctic sea ice
  • Antarctic sea ice changes and their implications
  • Land ice : indicator, and integrator, of climate change
  • Glaciers and climate change
  • Poleward expansion of the atmospheric circulation
  • Rising sea levels as an indicator of global change
  • Ocean current changes
  • Ocean acidification and climate change
  • Permafrost and climate change
  • The jet stream and climate change
  • Extreme weather and climate change
  • Bird ecology
  • Insect communities
  • Sea life (pelagic ecosystems)
  • Changes in coral reef ecosystems as an indication of climate and global change
  • Marine biodiversity and climate change
  • Intertidal indicators of climate change and global change
  • Lichens as an indicator of climate and global change
  • Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change
  • Invasive plants and climate change
  • Biological diversity and climate change
  • The role of forests in the carbon cycle and in climate change
  • Part IV. Other possible contributing factors to climate change. The variation of the Earth's movements (orbital, tilt, and precession) and climate change
  • The role of volcanic activity in climate and global changes
  • Atmospheric aerosols and their role in climate change
  • Climate change and agriculture
  • Changes in the Sun's radiation : the role of widespread surface solar radiation trends in climate change : dimming and brightening
  • Space weather and cosmic ray effects
  • Part V. Societal aspects of global change. Engineering aspects of climate change
  • Societal adaptation to climate change.

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