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

'Climate Change' is geared toward a variety of students and general readers who seek the real science behind global warming. The volume introduces the basic science underlying both the natural progress of climate change and the effect of human activity on the health of the planet.

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Main Author: Mathez, Edmond A.
Other Authors: Smerdon, Jason E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
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245 1 0 |a Climate change :  |b the science of global warming and our energy future /  |c Edmond A. Mathez ; student companion by Jason E. Smerdon. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index. 
505 0 |a Climate in context -- The character of the atmosphere -- The world ocean -- The carbon cycle and how it influences climate -- A scientific framework for thinking about climate change -- Learning from climates past -- A century of warming and some consequences -- More consequences: the sensitive Arctic and sea-level rise -- Climate models and the future -- Energy and the future. 
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