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Earth's Climate
Past and Future
Taschenbuch von William F. Ruddiman
Sprache: Englisch

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At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.

At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.

Über den Autor
William F. Ruddiman
Zusammenfassung
  • Renowned Author, Bill Ruddiman
  • Multidisciplinary Presentation
  • Focus on Major Themes such as the causes of Climate Change
  • Follows Earth's Timeline
  • Mystery Solving Approach
  • Superb Art
  • Features Boxes

New_to_this_edition

  • New chapter 2: Earth's Climate System Today
  • The chapter gives students a valuable foundation for understanding the basic operation of the climate system. Formerly available only online, this chapter has been integrated into the main text.
  • Important Recent Advances
  • The new edition discusses a wide range of new research throughout, including the latest on:
  • Cyclic orbital-scale changes in ice sheet size (Chapter 11)
  • Millennial-scale changes in climate (Chapter 14)
  • Responses of components of the climate system to global warming (Chapter 17)
Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE

1. Overview of Climate Science

2. Earths Climate System Today

3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models

PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE

4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate

5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate

6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years

PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE

8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation

9. Insolation Control of Monsoons

10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets

11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane

12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems

PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE

13. The Last Glacial Maximum

14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation

15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate

PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE

16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate

17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years

18. Climate Changes Since 1850

19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years

20. Future Climatic Change.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781319154004
ISBN-10: 131915400X
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-1-319-15400-4
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ruddiman, William F.
Auflage: 3rd edition
Hersteller: Macmillan Learning
W. H. Freeman
Worth Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: Bibliographie
Maße: 277 x 217 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: William F. Ruddiman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,896 kg
Artikel-ID: 109694528
Über den Autor
William F. Ruddiman
Zusammenfassung
  • Renowned Author, Bill Ruddiman
  • Multidisciplinary Presentation
  • Focus on Major Themes such as the causes of Climate Change
  • Follows Earth's Timeline
  • Mystery Solving Approach
  • Superb Art
  • Features Boxes

New_to_this_edition

  • New chapter 2: Earth's Climate System Today
  • The chapter gives students a valuable foundation for understanding the basic operation of the climate system. Formerly available only online, this chapter has been integrated into the main text.
  • Important Recent Advances
  • The new edition discusses a wide range of new research throughout, including the latest on:
  • Cyclic orbital-scale changes in ice sheet size (Chapter 11)
  • Millennial-scale changes in climate (Chapter 14)
  • Responses of components of the climate system to global warming (Chapter 17)
Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE

1. Overview of Climate Science

2. Earths Climate System Today

3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models

PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE

4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate

5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate

6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years

PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE

8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation

9. Insolation Control of Monsoons

10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets

11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane

12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems

PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE

13. The Last Glacial Maximum

14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation

15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate

PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE

16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate

17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years

18. Climate Changes Since 1850

19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years

20. Future Climatic Change.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781319154004
ISBN-10: 131915400X
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-1-319-15400-4
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ruddiman, William F.
Auflage: 3rd edition
Hersteller: Macmillan Learning
W. H. Freeman
Worth Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: Bibliographie
Maße: 277 x 217 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: William F. Ruddiman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,896 kg
Artikel-ID: 109694528
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