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Experimenting on a Small Planet [[electronic resource] ] : A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming / / by William W. Hay
| Experimenting on a Small Planet [[electronic resource] ] : A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming / / by William W. Hay |
| Autore | Hay William W. <1934-2022, > |
| Edizione | [2nd ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (832 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature
Environment Climate change Historical geology Popular Science in Nature and Environment Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Historical Geology |
| ISBN | 3-319-27404-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- Intermezzo I. A Slightly Unusual Family -- The Language Of Science -- Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study -- Applying Mathematics to Problems -- Intermezzo III. Graduate study -- Geologic Time -- Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II -- Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages -- Intermezzo V. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe – I -- Documenting Past Climate Change -- Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe - II -- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun – The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound -- Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall -- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun – Figuring Out What Light Really Is -- The Academic Life -- Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain -- The Origins Of Climate Science - The Idea Of Energy Balance -- Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East -- The Climate System -- Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968 -- What’s At The Bottom Of Alice’s Rabbit Hole -- Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami -- Energy From The Sun - Long-Term Variations -- Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project – DSDP -- Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays -- Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES -- Albedo -- Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project -- Air -- Intermezzo XVI. The Cretaceous Puzzle -- HOH - The Keystone Of Earth’s Climate -- Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean -- The Atmosphere -- Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising -- Oxygen And Ozone — Products And Protectors of Life -- Intermezzo XIX Building A Building -- Water Vapor — The Major Greenhouse Gas -- Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour -- Carbon Dioxide -- Intermezzo XXI Course Correction -- Other Greenhouse Gases -- Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times -- The Coriolis Force -- Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time -- The Circulation Of Earth’s Atmosphere -- Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair -- The Modern Ocean’s General Circulation -- Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in Moscow – 1984 -- The Biological Interactions -- Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume -- Sea level -- Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical -- Global Climate Change - The (Geologically) Immediate Past -- Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I -- Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II -- The Instrumental Temperature Record -- Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III -- The Near Future -- Intermezzo XXXI Retirement -- The Distant Future -- Intermezzo XXXII. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254134803321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Experimenting on a Small Planet [[electronic resource] ] : A Scholarly Entertainment / / by William W. Hay
| Experimenting on a Small Planet [[electronic resource] ] : A Scholarly Entertainment / / by William W. Hay |
| Autore | Hay William W. <1934-2022, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (998 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical geography
Climate change Nature Environment Historical geology Geology Earth System Sciences Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Popular Science in Nature and Environment Historical Geology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Geography
Geology Life sciences Climatic changes Earth Sciences Popular Science in Nature and Environment Historical Geology |
| ISBN |
1-283-93492-2
3-642-28560-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Language of Science -- Geologic Time -- Putting Numbers on Geologic Ages -- Discovering Past Climate Change -- The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun - The Analogies with Water Waves and Sound -- The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun - Figuring out what Light really is -- Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum -- The Origins of Climate Science - The Idea of Energy Balance -- The Climate System -- What's at the Bottom of Alice's Rabbit Hole? -- Energy from the Sun - Long-term Variations -- Solar Variability -- Albedo -- Air -- HOH - The Keystone of Earth's Climate -- Greenhouse Gasses -- The Circulation of Earth’s Atmosphere and Ocean -- The Biological Interactions -- Sea level -- Global Climate Change - the (Geologically) Immediate Past -- Is there an Analog for the Future Climate? -- The Instrumental Temperature Record -- What is Expected in the 21st Century -- Beyond 2100 - The Return to Warm Earth -- Titanic Timeline. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437789903321 |
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Hay William W. <1934-2022, >
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| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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