Climate change : a multidisciplinary approach /

"Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides an up-to-date presentation of our current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society. This is an undergraduate textbook for a wide range of courses which need to consider the impact of a changing climate on the earth and i...

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Main Author: Burroughs, William James.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2001.
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245 1 0 |a Climate change :  |b a multidisciplinary approach /  |c William James Burroughs. 
260 |a Cambridge ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c c2001. 
300 |a xv, 298 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index. 
505 0 |a Radiation and the earth's energy balance -- The elements of the climate -- Evidence of climate change -- Consequences of climate change -- The measurement of climatic change -- Statistics, significance, and cycles -- The causes of climatic change -- Modelling the climate -- Predicting climate change. 
520 1 |a "Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides an up-to-date presentation of our current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society. This is an undergraduate textbook for a wide range of courses which need to consider the impact of a changing climate on the earth and its inhabitants. These subjects include meteorology, oceanography, environmental science, earth science, geography, history, agriculture and social science. It will also appeal to a wider general audience of readers who wish to go beyond the standard 'coffee table' book in search of a better understanding of climate change."--Jacket. 
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