The Future of the World's Climate
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The Future of the World's Climate

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The Future of the World's Climate

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At a time of so much politicized debate over the phenomenon of global warming, the second edition of The Future of the World's Climate places the discussion in a broader geological, paleo-climatic, and astronomical context. This book is a resource based on reviews of current climate science and supported by sound, accurate data and projections made possible by technological advances in climate modeling.

Crucially, this title examines in detail a wide variety of aspects, including human factors like land use, expanding urban climates, and governmental efforts at mitigation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. It also examines large-scale, long-term changes in oceans, glaciers, and atmospheric composition, including tropospheric ozone and aerosols. Weather extremes are addressed, as well as the impact of catastrophic events such as massive volcanism and meteorite impacts.

Readers will find a complete picture of the Earth's future climate, delivered by authors drawn from all over the world and from the highest regarded peer-reviewed groups; most are also contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Assessment Reports.

  • Winner of the 2012 ALSI Choice Award from Atmospheric Science Librarians International
  • Each chapter has undergone major revisions and new content has been added throughout
  • More than 200 tables, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs
  • A cross-disciplinary resource encompassing the geosciences, life science, social science, and engineering

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Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2011
ISBN
9780123869579
Edition
2
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Meteorology & Climatology

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Front Matter
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Abbreviations & Acronyms
  9. Stephen H. Schneider: In Memoriam
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1. Seeing Further
  12. Introduction
  13. Chapter 2. People, Policy and Politics in Future Climates
  14. Chapter 3. Urban Climates and Global Climate Change
  15. Chapter 4. Human Effects on Climate Through Land-Use-Induced Land-Cover Change
  16. Introduction
  17. Chapter 5. Fast and Slow Feedbacks in Future Climates
  18. Chapter 6. Variability and Change in the Ocean
  19. Chapter 7. Climatic Variability on Decadal to Century Timescales
  20. Chapter 8. The Future of the World's Glaciers
  21. Chapter 9. Future Regional Climates
  22. Introduction
  23. Chapter 10. Climate and Weather Extremes
  24. Chapter 11. Interaction Between Future Climate and Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen
  25. Chapter 12. Atmospheric Composition Change
  26. Chapter 13. Climate–Chemistry Interaction
  27. Introduction
  28. Chapter 14. Records from the Past, Lessons for the Future
  29. Chapter 15. Modelling the Past and Future Interglacials in Response to Astronomical and Greenhouse Gas Forcing
  30. Chapter 16. Catastrophe
  31. Introduction
  32. Chapter 17. Future Climate Surprises
  33. Chapter 18. Future Climate
  34. Bibliography
  35. Index
  36. Editors’ Biographies
  37. Biographies