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Global Warming
Understanding the Forecast
David Archer (Author)
9780470943410, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2011
224 pages
25.2 x 20.1 x 1.3 cm, 0.431 kg
Based on the author's highly successful undergraduate course taught at the University of Chicago, Global Warming presents the processes of climate change and climate stability. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, this Second Edition not only summarizes scientific evidence, but also presents economic and political issues related to global warming.
Online Models v Preface vii 1 Humankind and Climate 1 Part I The Greenhouse Effect 7 2 Blackbody Radiation 9 3 The Layer Model 19 4 Greenhouse Gases 29 5 What Holds the Atmosphere Up? 43 6 Weather and Climate 57 7 Feedbacks 73 Part II The Carbon Cycle 87 8 Carbon on Earth 89 9 Fossil Fuels and Energy 103 10 The Perturbed Carbon Cycle 119 Part III The Forecast 133 11 The Smoking Gun 135 12 Potential Climate Impacts 153 13 Decisions, Decisions 173 Glossary 191 Index 197
Subject Areas: Science: general issues [PD]
