Climate change in the anthropocene /

Climate Change in the Anthropocene reviews current science on anthropogenic sources and projections for climatic change. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book covers this rapidly changing field, including the drivers of climate change, the physics and chemistry behind the science of clim...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Hara, Kieran D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2022]
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > History.
Climate Change
Climat > Changements.
Climat > Changements > Histoire.
climate change.
Climatic changes
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Our globally changing planet
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Global temperature
  • 1.3 Land surface temperature
  • 1.4 Sea surface temperature
  • 1.5 Global surface temperature
  • 1.6 Trends in global temperatures
  • 1.7 Trends in global precipitation
  • 1.8 Extreme weather events
  • 1.9 Changes in the cryosphere
  • 1.10 Changes in sea level
  • 1.11 Changes in land processes
  • 2 Physical drivers of climate change
  • 2.1 The global radiation budget
  • 2.2 The greenhouse effect
  • 2.3 Radiation forcing
  • 2.4 Global warming potential
  • 2.5 Greenhouse gases
  • 2.6 Aerosols
  • 2.7 Climate response
  • 2.8 Feedbacks
  • 2.9 Albedo feedbacks
  • 2.10 Ocean chemistry, ecosystems, and circulation
  • 2.11 Permafrost
  • 3 Evaluation of climate model performance
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Model types
  • 3.3 Model improvements
  • 3.4 Model evaluation
  • 3.5 Ensemble approach to evaluation
  • 3.6 Model intercomparisons
  • 3.7 Results
  • 3.8 The ocean
  • 3.9 Carbon cycle
  • 3.10 The Paris Accords
  • 3.11 Representative climate pathways
  • 3.12 Near-term climate projections
  • 3.13 Long-term projections
  • 4 Paleoclimates
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Preindustrial external radiative forcings
  • 4.3 High CO2 worlds
  • 4.4 Pleistocene glacial-interglacial dynamics
  • 4.5 The CLIMAP Project
  • 4.6 Holocene climate.
  • PART II: Climate impacts: US sectors and regions
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Key sectors
  • 5.3 Regional climate impacts
  • 6 Adaptation
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 7 Mitigation
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 GHG emission trends
  • 7.3 Emission drivers
  • 7.4 Carbon intensity of energy
  • 7.5 Sectors
  • 7.6 Buildings
  • 7.7 Shared socioeconomic pathways - quantifying the paths
  • 7.8 Comparison of SSP1 and SSP3
  • 7.9 SSP5. Fossil fuel development.
  • PART III
  • 8 1.5�C versus 2.0�C warming
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 1.5�C and 2.0�C warming
  • 8.3 Natural systems
  • 8.4 Human systems
  • 9 Getting to net zero by 2050
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 The current situation (2021)
  • 9.3 Road to net-zero emissions 2050
  • 9.4 Population and GDP
  • 9.5 Energy and CO2 prices
  • 9.6 CO2 emissions
  • 9.7 Total energy supply
  • 9.8 Economic sectors
  • 9.9 Conclusions
  • 10 Climate engineering
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Solar radiation management
  • 10.3 Aerosol injection into the stratosphere
  • 10.4 Albedo enhancement of low-level marine clouds
  • 10.5 Surface albedo enhancement
  • 10.6 Carbon dioxide removal
  • 10.7 Discussion.

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