{"product_id":"global-climate-change-and-human-life-paperback-softback-9780470665787","title":"Global Climate Change and Human Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470665787","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobal Climate Change and Human Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. A. K. Khalil (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470665787, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e29.2 x 20.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding and complete source of the best available information in this area. [...] A timely and deeply useful contribution to this challenging arena.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePeter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden (\u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e Vol 99.1, March 2024)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our time, the global population has become large enough to cause perceptible environmental changes all over the world. With it, a new science of global change has emerged, mostly as a practical matter to understand and manage the earth’s habitability and create a sustainable environment for some time to come – one which balances the benefits of technological and societal advances with their potential, less desirable side effects. These concerns began with the depletion of the ozone layer and its possible adverse consequences on human health, and have, in recent decades, shifted to climate change driven by ongoing global warming.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy are these global changes occurring? How will they affect our lives? If we find the effects undesirable, what should we do? This book will attempt to answer these questions. It will show how to accomplish the goal of managing our climate, what it will take, and when it needs to be done. Such a management process has to be dynamic, making it more complex and less didactic, requiring changes in strategy to achieve a longer-term goal as our knowledge advances. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Climate Change and Human Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and cohesive look at the emerging field of global change science. Using models that take the theoretical or conceptual understanding and translate them into mathematical forms, the book lays out a holistic view of the science that develops and teaches the main principles, concepts and conclusions. In the end, readers will be empowered to use science and the scientific method to decide how important and timely climate change is as a social issue and which solutions can succeed.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What Is Global Change Science? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Current Global Change 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Raising Fundamental Questions 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Framework 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The System 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Scales of Action 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 What Determines Climate? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The Benchmark Average Climate 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Irreducible Uncertainties 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 The Plan 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Atmospheric Composition 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Trace Gases and Their Roles in Climate and the Environment 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Quantifying the Atmospheric Composition 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Mass Balance Theory and Small Models 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Components 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Global 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Hemispherical and Horizontal 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Vertical 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Transport Processes 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Vertical Transport and Convection 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Horizontal Motion and the General Circulation 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Turbulent Transport 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Quantifying Transport Processes 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Mechanisms of Sources and Sinks 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Reservoirs and Source-Sink Relationships 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Atmospheric Chemistry 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Global Environmental Applications 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Cross-Media Transport: Oceans, Soils, and Biota 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Balance of Climate Gases and Aerosols 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Anthropogenic vs Natural Components 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Greenhouse Gases 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Aerosols 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Science of Climate 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Solar Radiation 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Albedo 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Radiative Transfer 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Heat Storage and Balance 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Precipitation 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Instructive Climate Models 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Base Temperature Model – Lessons, Flaws, and Resolution 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Practical Relationships between Greenhouse Gases and Surface Warming 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Role of the Oceans 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Role of Clouds 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Horizontal Transport of Heat 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Climate Feedbacks 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 How They Work 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Feedbacks Classified and Delineated 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Physical Feedbacks 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Role of the Living World 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Match of Climate Change Observed and Modeled 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 What Is Global Warming? 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Causes of Observed Warming 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Differential Effects of Climate Change 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Population, Affluence, and Global Change 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Basic Relationships 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Societal Factors in Climate Change 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Population Growth and Resources 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Vulnerability Theory 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Impacts of Climate Change on Human Life 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Impacts Classified 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Health 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Habitability 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Climate Management 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Tragedy of the Commons 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Compounding Forces of Resistance 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Mechanisms for Managing the Climate 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Geo-engineering 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Trading Gases: The Global Warming Potential 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of the Main Points 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Possible Futures 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Projections 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 The Metaphysics of Climate Change 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnote 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Symbols Used 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Science: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Science: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Science:%20general%20issues%20%5BPD%5D%22\"\u003ePD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52276378075416,"sku":"9780470665787","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470665787.jpg?v=1781368703","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/global-climate-change-and-human-life-paperback-softback-9780470665787","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}