{"product_id":"climate-change-9781118708521","title":"Climate Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed for first- and second-year university students (and their instructors) in earth science, environmental science, and physical geography degree programmes worldwide. The summaries at the end of each section constitute essential reading for policy makers and planners. It provides a simple but masterly account, with a minimum of equations, of how the Earth's climate system works, of the physical processes that have given rise to the long sequence of glacial and interglacial periods of the Quaternary, and that will continue to cause the climate to evolve. Its straightforward and elegant description, with an abundance of well chosen illustrations, focuses on different time scales, and includes the most recent research in climate science by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It shows how it is human behaviour that will determine whether or not the present century is a turning point to a new climate, unprecedented on Earth in the last \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"this is a beautifully produced book which is a must for anyone interested in climatology but the reader must be prepared for some hardwork—this is certainly no coffee table book!\" (Chromatographia 2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the companion website xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Climate Engine of The Earth: Energy 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Why are there many different climates on Earth? 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Different climates . . . such diversity of life 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. From a patchwork of climates to an average climate 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The global mean climate 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Atmosphere and ocean: key factors in climate equilibrium 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: More On The Energy Balance of The Planet 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Thermal radiation, solar andterrestrial radiation 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The impact of the atmosphere on radiation 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Radiative transfer through the atmosphere 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The energy balance 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Climate forcing and feedback 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Climate modelling 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Different Causes of Climate Change 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The choice of approach 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Sun’s emission 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The position of the Earth with respect to the Sun 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The composition of the atmosphere 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Heat transfer from the Equator to the poles 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Oscillations due to ocean–atmosphere interactions 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Learning From The Past … 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Memory of the distant past 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Since 2.6 million years ago: the dance of glaciations 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Glacial–interglacial cycles and the Milankovitch theory 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The glaciation dance: consequences and lessons 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The past 12,000 years: the warm Holocene 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Global and regional fluctuations(Timescale 3: decades) 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Future warming and past climates 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Climate Change in Recent Years 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Recent climate change 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The impact of global warming on the cryosphere 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. The impact of warming on the ocean 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The impact of warming on the biosphere 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Warming in the 20th century: natural or human‐induced? 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Climate in The 21st Century: Different Scenarios 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Two key factors 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Projections: economic scenarios and climate models 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Simulations: a survey 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Future warming and its consequences 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. The choice 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Climate change in the present state of the planet 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 383\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528835506519,"sku":"9781118708521","price":141.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118708521.jpg?v=1731873209","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/climate-change-9781118708521","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}