Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Dessler, Andrew (Texas A & M University)

Cambridge University Press

09/2015

273

Mole

Inglês

9781107480674

15 a 20 dias

An invaluable textbook for any introductory survey course on the science and policy of climate change, for both non-science majors and introductory science students. The second edition has been thoroughly updated with the most recent science from the latest IPCC reports, and reflects advances in the political debate.
1. An introduction to the climate problem; 2. Is the climate changing?; 3. Radiation and energy balance; 4. A simple climate model; 5. The carbon cycle; 6. Forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity; 7. Why is the climate changing?; 8. Predictions of future climate change; 9. Impacts of climate change; 10. Exponential growth; 11. Fundamentals of climate change policy; 12. Mitigation policies; 13. A brief history of climate science and politics; 14. Putting it together: a long-term policy to address climate change; References; Index.
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