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Ruddiman

Earth's Climate

Past and Future

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-319-15400-4
Verlag: Macmillan Learning
Erscheinungstermin: 01.10.2013
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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.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9781319154004
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-319-15400-4
  • Verlag: Macmillan Learning
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.10.2013
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 3rd Auflage 2013
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 978 g
  • Seiten: 465
  • Format (B x H x T): 276 x 213 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE 1. Overview of Climate Science 2. Earths Climate System Today 3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate 5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate 6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation 9. Insolation Control of Monsoons 10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets 11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane 12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE 13. The Last Glacial Maximum 14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation 15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE 16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate 17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years 18. Climate Changes Since 1850 19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years 20. Future Climatic Change.