Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis : Volume 1 - The Physical Climate / / by G. Thomas Farmer, John Cook |
Autore | Farmer G. Thomas |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (565 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Environment
Climate change Earth sciences Lifelong learning Adult education Geography Organic chemistry Environment, general Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Earth Sciences, general Lifelong Learning/Adult Education Geography, general Organic Chemistry |
ISBN | 94-007-5757-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- Part I - Scientific principles and the scientific method -- 2. scientific principles -- 3. The scientific method and its use -- Part II - Overview of climate change science -- 4. Earth’s energy budget -- 5. Climate change trends -- 6. Earth’s surface temperature -- 7. Climate change science as earth science -- Part III - Earth’s atmosphere -- 8. Introduction to earth’s atmosphere -- 9. Carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases, and the carbon cycle -- 10. Earth’s albedo, radiative forcing and climate change -- 11. Atmospheric circulation and climate -- Part IV - The world ocean and climate -- 12. The world ocean -- 13. Ocean heat content and rising sea level -- Part V - Earth’s cryosphere and recent climate history -- 14. Glaciers and the latest ice age -- 15. Permafrost and methane -- Part VI - Land and its climates -- 16. Continents and mountain ranges -- 17. Climate classifications -- Part VII - Climate models -- 18. Types of models.- Part VIII – Climates of the past (paleoclimatology) -- 19. Paleoclimates and proxies -- 20. Climates of the recent past -- 21. Pleistocene glaciations -- Part IX - Future climates and mitigation -- 22. Projections of future climates -- Part X - Skeptics and deniers of global warming -- 23. Understanding climate denial -- Part XI - Specific declarations against climate science and climate scientists -- 24. Rebuttals to climate myths -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437789003321 |
Farmer G. Thomas | ||
Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modern Climate Change Science : An Overview of Today’s Climate Change Science / / by G. Thomas Farmer |
Autore | Farmer G. Thomas |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
Soggetto topico |
Climate change
Climate Earth sciences Education Chemistry Energy Climate Change Climate, general Earth Sciences, general Education, general Chemistry/Food Science, general Energy, general |
ISBN | 3-319-09222-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Overview of Climate Change Science -- Chapter 2: Status of Climate Change Research -- Appendix A: Geologic Time -- Appendix B: The Metric System. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299446403321 |
Farmer G. Thomas | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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