Climate change : the science of global warming and our energy future /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mathez, Edmond A.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Index.

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