Keywords:
Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes-History.
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Climatic changes-Effect of human beings on.
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Climatology-Forecasting.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book discusses in straightforward terms why climate changes, how it has changed naturally before the industrial revolution made humans important, and how it has changed since then. It compares the scale and rapidity of variations in pre-industrial times with those since the industrial revolution, infers the extent of humanity's impacts, and looks at what these may lead to in the future.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780190910884
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5738717
DDC:
304.25
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- THE CLIMATE QUESTION -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Past Climates: How We Get Our Data -- 2.1. Data from Ice -- 2.2. Data from Land -- 2.3. Data from the Sea -- 2.4. Data about Sea-Level Changes -- 2.5. Recap and Outlook -- 3. Energy Balance of Climate -- 3.1. The Greenhouse Gases -- 3.2. A Perspective from Studies of Past Climates -- 3.3. Recap and Outlook -- 4. Causes of Climate Change -- 4.1. Carbon-Cycle Changes -- 4.2. Astronomical Variability -- 4.3. Large (Super-)Volcanic Eruptions and Asteroid Impacts -- 4.4. Variability in the Intensity of Solar Radiation -- 4.5. Recap and Outlook -- 5. Changes during the Industrial Age -- 5.1. Direct Effects -- 5.2. Global Responses and Climate Sensitivity -- 5.3. Sea-Level Change -- 5.4. Common Reactions to the Geological Perspective -- 5.5. Recap and Outlook -- 6. Mother Nature to the Rescue? -- 6.1. Weathering, Reforestation, and Carbon Burial -- 6.2. Requirement for Human Intervention -- 6.3. Human Intervention in Carbon Removal -- 7. Summary -- 8. Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.
