Global environmental change : past, present, and future
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Global environmental change : past, present, and future
Prentice Hall, c1996
- : pbk
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Suitable as a primary text for a variety of introductory undergraduate courses including global environmental change or earth and human history found in departments of geology, geophysics, or earth science. Aimed for the non- science major, the text assumes a knowledge of high school chemistry or physics. Also suitable as a supplemental text in other courses.
Using a chronological narrative to unravel the record of global environmental change, this text explores the full range of naturally-occurring and human-induced/affected environmental changes.
Table of Contents
1. The Changing Planet.
2. Chronology.
3. The Evolution of the Atmosphere.
4. Temperature Variation Over Time.
5. The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans.
6. Sea Level.
7. Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Global Warming.
8. Chlorinated Fluorocarbons (CFCs) and Stratospheric Ozone.
9. Acid Rain and Tropospheric Ozone.
10. Human Migration and Population Growth, and Environmental Change.
11. Natural Catastrophes and the History of Life.
Epilog.
Index.
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