Global Warming

Understanding the Forecast

David Archer

256 pages, parution le 10/11/2006

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Résumé

Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming. Written in an accessible way, this important book examines the processes of climate change and climate stability, from the distant past to the distant future.

Assumes no specialist scientific knowledge.
Gives a detailed examination of the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle and discussion of what the future holds for the global climate.
A companion website provides on-line interactive computer models of the physics and chemistry behind the global warming forecast, which can be used to support suggested student projects included at the end of each chapter.

Sommaire

Introduction: Humankind and Climate
The Greenhouse Effect
- Blackbody Radiation
- The Layer Model
- Greenhouse Gases
- Temperature Structure of the Atmosphere
- Heat, Winds, and Currents
- Feedbacks
The Carbon Cycle
- Carbon on Earth
- Fossil Fuels
- The Perturbed Carbon Cycle
The Forecast
- Is it Reliable?
- The Forecast
- Decisions, Decisions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Blackwell
Auteur(s)	David Archer
Parution	10/11/2006
Nb. de pages	256
Format	17 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	475g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781405140393
ISBN13	978-1-4051-4039-3