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This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics of the earth system, the atmosphere and ocean. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 251 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-243) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198779308 0198779305 9780191084805 0191084808 |
| Index Number: | QH344 |
| CLC: | P593 |
| Call Number: | P593/D665 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Climate variability, climate change and earth system sensitivity -- Biogeochemistry and climate -- The physics of radiation -- Aerosols and climate -- Physics and dynamics of the atmosphere -- Physics and dynamics of the oceans -- The hydrological cycle and climate -- The climate cycle -- Methane cycling and climate -- The nitrogen cycle and climate -- Phosphorus, sulphur, iron, oxygen -- The future of climate change -- Reflections on the anthropocene -- References -- Index. |