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Author Eggleton, Tony

Title A Short Introduction to Climate Change
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (250 pages)
Contents Cover; A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 THE SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY; THE HOCKEY STICK; FURTHER READING; 2 GLOBAL WARMING; BLOSSOMS, BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS; TEMPERATURES SINCE 1880; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 3 WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE; SUNSHINE; MILANKOVIC CYCLES; SUNSPOTS AND THE SUN'S INTENSITY; EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EFFECTS; THE ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOLS; REFLECTION; THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; THE ANTARCTIC; THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE LAND; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 4 THE THERMOSTAT; THE KEELING CURVE
BALANCING THE HEATGARDEN GREENHOUSE; THE EARTH'S GREENHOUSE; CLOUDS AND WATER VAPOUR; GREENHOUSE GASES; MORE ON FEEDBACK; SUMMARY; 5 DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS; RAIN; BEYOND AUSTRALIA; STORMS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 6 SNOW AND ICE; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; PERMAFROST; ICECAPS AND POLAR SEA-ICE; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 7 THE OCEAN; OCEAN HEAT; SEA-LEVEL RISE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 8 FROM ICE-HOUSE TO GREENHOUSE; THE PAST 400 MILLION YEARS; THE PAST MILLION YEARS; MILANKOVIC CYCLES; ICE CORES; ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; THE AMPLIFIER; SUMMARY
FURTHER READING9 THE PAST 2000 YEARS; TEMPERATURES OVER THE PAST 2000 YEARS; BOREHOLES; TREE RINGS; VARVES; ICE CORES; SEASHELLS; RECONSTRUCTION OF ALL PROXY TEMPERATURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 10 CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE; WHERE DID THE CO2 COME FROM?; BURNING COAL, OIL AND GAS; THE CARBON CYCLE; METHANE SOURCES; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; 11 DENIAL; THE SCIENCE OF NO CLIMATE CHANGE; DENIALISTS; 12 BET YOUR GRAND CHILDREN'S LIVES ON IT, TOO?; PREDICTIONS; TIPPING POINTS; IMPLICATIONS; TIME FOR ACTION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEO-ENGINEERING
WHAT CAN YOU DO?SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; NOTES; 1 THE SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY; 2 GLOBAL WARMING; 3 WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE; 4 THE THERMOSTAT; 5 DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS; 6 SNOW AND ICE; 7 THE OCEAN; 8 FROM ICE-HOUSE TO GREENHOUSE; 9 THE PAST 2000 YEARS; 10 CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE; 11 DENIAL; 12 BET YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVES ON IT, TOO?; INDEX
Summary Provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years
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Subject Climatic changes
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Climate Change
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
climate change.
global warming.
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139627283
1139627287