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Climate Change: Science and Impacts. The Earth’s Climate. The Earth’s Greenhouse Efect1. Climate change is altering temperature, precipitation, and sea levels, and will adversely impact human and natural systems, including water resources, human settlements and health, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
“This timely, informative, and well-written book does an excellent job of explaining, in language accessible to everyone, the scientiûc basis for our current understanding of global warming and climate change, as well as societal implications and the political barriers to sound, rational policy.
It provides a concise but thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. It explains how scientific and policy debates work, outlines the scientific evidence for the reality and seriousness of climate change and the basic atmospheric science that supports it, and discusses ...
A world-renowned expert, Sir John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, before addressing the action that could be taken by governments, by industry and by individuals to mitigate the effects.
For anyone who needs clear, detailed, well-evidenced information about global warming, this is an outstandingly useful book. ‘. . . an excellent basis for students and non-scientists to understand climate change with its manifold impacts and consequences for humankind and for our common planet.
There are three fundamental ways to change the energy balance of the Earth: 1) by changing the incoming solar energy; 2) by changing the fraction of solar energy that is reflected; and 3) by altering the energy that returns to space from the Earth.
Introduction. The last glacial maximum (LGM) at approximately 23–18k (k—thousand calendar years) provides an important contrast to our present and pre-industrial climate in a warming world.
