Climate Change by Mathez, Edmond A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Abbreviations 1. Climate in Context

Weather and Climate The Climate System Climate Change: Separating Facts from Fears The Story

2. The Character of the Atmosphere

The Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere The Circulation of the Atmosphere Some Climate Phenomena Ozone: A Stratosphere Story Perspective

3. The World Ocean

The Important Properties of Water The Ocean’s Layered Structure The Ocean’s Surface Currents Global Flows of Water Through the Ocean and Atmosphere The Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction of El Niño–Southern Oscillation Perspective

4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate

Reservoirs of Carbon The Carbon Cycle The Acidification of the Ocean Perspective: Uncertainties in the Carbon Cycle

5. A Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change

Energy Balance Radiative Forcing The Greenhouse Effect Aerosols Changes in Land Use Natural Forcings Important Features of the Climate System Perspective

6. Learning from Climates Past

A Lesson from the Distant Past: The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum The Ice Age Fluctuations in Ancient Climate The Climate of the Past 100,000 Years The Climate of the Holocene: The Past 12,000 Years Lessons Learned

7. A Century of Warming and Some Consequences

A Century of Warming and Its Causes Precipitation and Drought Severe Storms and Other Extreme Events More Lessons from the American West: Ecosystem Responses Perspective

8. More Consequences: The Sensitive Arctic and Sea-Level Rise

The Shrinking Arctic Ice Cap Melting Permafrost and Changing Tundra Ice Loss Beyond the Arctic and Sea-Level Rise Lessons for Sea-Level Rise from the Most Recent Interglacial Period Perspective

9. Climate Models and the Future

What Are Climate Models? Are Climate Models Credible? Simulating the Twentieth Century: Anthropogenic Versus Natural Causes of Climate Change Peering into the Future Perspective

10. Energy and the Future

Coal: A Vast Enterprise The Nuclear Option Wind and Solar Power: Icons for the Future Solutions

Notes Glossary Bibliography Student Companion

1. Climate in Context 2. The Character of the Atmosphere 3. The World Ocean 4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate 5. A Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change 6. Learning from Climates Past 7. A Century of Warming and Some Consequences 8. More Consequences: The Sensitive Arctic and Sea-Level Rise 9. Climate Models and the Future 10. Energy and the Future

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