Global warming : understanding the forecast / David Archer.
"Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming. Written in an accessible way, this important book examines the processes of climate change and climate stability, from the distant past to the distant future."--BOOK JACKET.
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Malden, MA ; Oxford :
Blackwell Pub.,
[2007]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Humankind and climate
- 2. Blackbody radiation
- 3. The layer model
- 4. Greenhouse gases
- 5. The temperature structure of the atmosphere
- 6. Heat, winds, and currents
- 7. Feedbacks
- 8. Carbon on earth
- 9. Fossil fuels and energy
- 10. The perturbed carbon cycle
- 11. Is it reliable?
- 12. The forecast
- 13. Decisions, decisions.