Climate change : the science of global warming and our energy future /
Mathez, Edmond A.,
Climate change : the science of global warming and our energy future / Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon. - Second edition. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiii, 503 pages)
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.
9780231547871
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Electronic Books.
QC981 / .C556 2018
Climate change : the science of global warming and our energy future / Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon. - Second edition. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiii, 503 pages)
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.
9780231547871
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Electronic Books.
QC981 / .C556 2018