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Earth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be coming, mainly as a result of human behavior. Climate Change...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2009 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444635242 |
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Earth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be coming, mainly as a result of human behavior. Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Second Edition, serves as a broad, accessible guide to the science behind this often political and heated debate by providing scientific detail and evidence in language that is clear to both the climatologist and the non-specialist. The book contains 35 chapters on all scientific aspect |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 444 pages) : illustrations (some col.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780444635242 0444635246 |
| Index Number: | QC903 |
| CLC: | P467 |
| Contents: | Possible causes of climate change: The role of atmospheric gases in global warming / R.P. Tuckett. The role of widespread surface solar radiation trends in climate change : dimming and brightening / S. Cohen. The role of space weather and cosmic ray effects in climate change / L.I. Dorman. The role of volcanic activity in climate and global change / G. Stenchikov. The role of variations of the earth's orbital characteristics in climate change / L.J. Lourens and E. Tuenter -- A geological history of climate change: A geological history of climate change / J. Zalasiewicz and M. Williams -- Ind |