Earth's Climate
Past and Future
(Sprache: Englisch)
At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current...
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At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Earth's Climate “
PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE 1. Overview of Climate Science
2. Earth's Climate System Today
3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models
PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE
4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate
5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate
6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years
PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE
8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation
9. Insolation Control of Monsoons
10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets
11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane
12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems
PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE
13. The Last Glacial Maximum
14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation
15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate
PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate
17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years
18. Climate Changes Since 1850
19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years
20. Future Climatic Change.
Autoren-Porträt von William Ruddiman
William F. Ruddiman
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: William Ruddiman
- 2013, 3rd edition, 465 Seiten, Maße: 21,7 x 27,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 131915400X
- ISBN-13: 9781319154004
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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