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Archer's Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast 2 nd Edition, is the first real text to present the science and policy surrounding climate change at the right level. Accompanying videos, simulations and instructional support makes it easier to build a syllabus to improve and create new material on climate change.

Table of Contents

Online Models v

Preface vii

1 Humankind and Climate 1

Part I The Greenhouse Effect 7

2 Blackbody Radiation 9

3 The Layer Model 19

4 Greenhouse Gases 29

5 What Holds the Atmosphere Up? 43

6 Weather and Climate 57

7 Feedbacks 73

Part II The Carbon Cycle 87

8 Carbon on Earth 89

9 Fossil Fuels and Energy 103

10 The Perturbed Carbon Cycle 119

Part III The Forecast 133

11 The Smoking Gun 135

12 Potential Climate Impacts 153

13 Decisions, Decisions 173

Glossary 191

Index 197

Global Warming

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 18 November 2011
      ISBN-13 9780470943410
      978-0470943410
      ISBN-10 0470943416
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Climate change Meteorology and climatology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Archer's Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast 2 nd Edition, is the first real text to present the science and policy surrounding climate change at the right level. Accompanying videos, simulations and instructional support makes it easier to build a syllabus to improve and create new material on climate change.

      Table of Contents

      Online Models v

      Preface vii

      1 Humankind and Climate 1

      Part I The Greenhouse Effect 7

      2 Blackbody Radiation 9

      3 The Layer Model 19

      4 Greenhouse Gases 29

      5 What Holds the Atmosphere Up? 43

      6 Weather and Climate 57

      7 Feedbacks 73

      Part II The Carbon Cycle 87

      8 Carbon on Earth 89

      9 Fossil Fuels and Energy 103

      10 The Perturbed Carbon Cycle 119

      Part III The Forecast 133

      11 The Smoking Gun 135

      12 Potential Climate Impacts 153

      13 Decisions, Decisions 173

      Glossary 191

      Index 197

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