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Climate Change Science
Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming
Comprehensively details the issues around climate change and proposes solutions that can be implemented
David S-K. Ting (Edited by), Jacqueline A Stagner (Edited by)
9780128237670, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 May 2021
302 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.57 kg
Climate Change Science: Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming presents unbiased, state-of-the-art, scientific knowledge on climate change and engineering solutions for mitigation. The book expands on all major prospective solutions for tackling climate change in a complete manner. It comprehensively explains the variety of climate solutions currently available, including the remaining challenges associated with each. Effective, complementary solutions for engineering to combat climate change are discussed and elaborated on. Some of the more high-risk proposals are qualitatively and quantitatively compared and contrasted with low-risk mitigation actions to facilitate the formulation of feasible, environmentally-friendly solutions. The book provides academics, postgraduate students and other readers in the fields of environmental science, climate change, atmospheric sciences and engineering with the information they need for their roles. Through exploring the fundamental information currently available, exergy utilization, large-scale solutions, and current solutions in place, the book is an invaluable look into how climate change can be addressed from an engineering-perspective using scientific models and calculations.
1. Engineering for climate change
2. Pros and cons of climate change
3. Man-made versus natural causes
4. Population, urbanization and climate change
5. Alternate view, dynamics of self-adjusting earth
6. The climate change equation, y = f(x1, x2, x3, …)
7. When will exergy be exhausted?
8. The second law of thermodynamics and climate change
9. What is the threshold for doomsday?
10. Is carbon dioxide an accurate measure?
11. Large-scale solutions
12. Low-risk mitigations
13. Deep sea and climate change
Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]