1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798642903321

Autore

Chu Samuel C.

Titolo

Liu Hung-chang and China's early modernization / / Samuel C. Chu, Kwang-Ching Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-48468-4

1-315-48469-2

1-315-48467-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

951.035

Soggetti

Statesmen - China

China History 1861-1912

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Glossary in Chinese (transliterated and untransliterated)."

"An East Gate book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962818503321

Titolo

Radiative forcing of climate change : expanding the concept and addressing uncertainties / / Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612084201

9780309133500

0309133505

9781282084209

1282084208

9780309546881

0309546885

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-190).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 State of Scientific Understanding""; ""3 Radiative Forcing Over Earth's History""; ""4 Rethinking the Global Radiative Forcing Concept""; ""5 Uncertainties Associated with Future Climate Forcings""; ""6 Research Approaches to Furthering Understanding""; ""7 Recommendations""; ""References""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""B Statement of Task""; ""C Glossary and Acronyms""

Sommario/riassunto

Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earth (TM)s energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, land use,



and the amount of energy Earth receives from the Sun. Although climate throughout Earth (TM)s history has varied from "snowball" conditions with global ice cover to "hothouse" conditions when glaciers all but disappeared, the climate over the past 10,000 years has been remarkably stable and favorable to human civilization. Increasing evidence points to a large human impact on global climate over the past century. The report reviews current knowledge of climate forcings and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding. Whereas emphasis to date has been on how these climate forcings affect global mean temperature, the report finds that regional variation and climate impacts other than temperature deserve increased attention.