William F. Ruddiman

Earth's Climate

Past and Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 3rd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 217mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 1001g
• ISBN-13: 9781429255257
• ISBN-10: 1429255250
• Artikelnr.: 36055795

Autorenporträt

William F. Ruddiman

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE - Overview of Climate Science - Climatic Archives, Data and Models - PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE - CO2 and Long-Term Climate - Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate - Greenhouse Earth - From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years - PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE - Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation - Insolation Control of Monsoons - Insolation Control of Ice Sheets - Orbital-Scale Changes in CO2 and Methane - Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedback, and Unsolved Problems - PART IV: DEGLACIAL AND MILLENNIAL CLIMATE CHANGE - The Last Glacial Maximum - Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation - Millennial Oscillations of Climate - PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE - Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate - Climate Change During the Last 1000 Years - Climate Change Since 1850 - Causes of the Warming of the Last 125 Years - Future Climate Change