Climate change : the science of global warming and our energy future / Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon.

By:

Mathez, Edmond A [Author]

Contributor(s):

Smerdon, Jason []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780231547871

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

QC981 .C556 2018

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Subject: This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue; Part I. The Climate System; 1. The Atmosphere; 2. The World Ocean; 3. Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions; 4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate; Part II. Climate Change and Its Drivers; 5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change; 6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System; 7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past; Part III. Consequences of Climate Change; 8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History; 9. Observing the Change

10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea-Level RisePart IV. The Future; 11. Climate Models and the Future; 12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future; 13. Energy and the Future; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet.

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