Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth
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Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth
Elsevier, c2016
2nd ed
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Previous ed.: 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Earth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be coming, mainly as a result of human behavior. Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Second Edition, serves as a broad, accessible guide to the science behind this often political and heated debate by providing scientific detail and evidence in language that is clear to both the climatologist and the non-specialist.
The book contains 35 chapters on all scientific aspects of climate change, written by the world's authority of each particular subject. It collects the latest information on all of these topics in one volume. In this way, readers can make connections between the various topics covered in the book, leading to new ways of solving problems and looking at related issues. The book also contains major references and details for further research and understanding on all issues related to climate change, giving a clear indication of a looming crisis in global warming and climate change.
Table of Contents
PART 1: A GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
1. A Geological History of Climate Change
PART 2: INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
2. Global Surface Temperature- including Sea Temperature
3. Arctic Sea Ice
4. Antarctic Sea ice
5. Land Ice
6. Atmospheric Circulation
7. Weather Patterns
8. Bird Ecology
9. Mammal Ecology
10. Insect Communities
11. Sea Life (Pelagic and Planktonic)
12. Coral Reefs
13. Marine Biodiversity
14. Intertidal Indicators
15. Plant Ecology
16. Rising Sea levels
17. Ocean Currents
18. Ocean Acidification
19. Lichens
20. Coastline Degradation
21. Plant Pathogens
PART 3: MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE
22. Statistical modelling of climate change
23. A modelling perspective of Future Climate
PART 4: POSSIBLE ROLES IN CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE
24. The Role of Atmospheric Gases in Global Warming
25. The Variation of the Earth's Movements (orbital, tilt and precession
26. Volcanic Activity
27. Aerosols and Carbon Black particles in the Atmosphere
28. Agricultural Practices
29. Changes in the Sun's radiation
30. Space Weather and Cosmic Ray effects
PART 5: ENGINEERING AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE OR DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
31. Engineering Aspects of Global Change
32. How Forest Managers Are Adapting to Climate Change: Science, Policy and Practice
33. Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
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