: Robert G. Strom
: Hot House Global Climate Change and the Human Condition
: Copernicus
: 9780387686110
: 1
: CHF 22.20
:
: Natur und Gesellschaft: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
: English
: 302
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

Global warming is addressed by almost all sciences including many aspects of geosciences, atmospheric, the biological sciences, and even astronomy. It has recently become the concern of other diverse disciplines such as economics, agriculture, demographics and population statistics, medicine, engineering, and political science.

This book addresses these complex interactions, integrates them, and derives meaningful conclusions and possible solutions. The text provides an easy-to-read explanation of past and present global climate change, causes and possible solutions to the problem, including the politics and reasons why this is such a politically charged issue.

CONTENTS6
FOREWORD11
PREFACE15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS17
A GIGANTIC EXPERIMENT19
THE ABCs OF CLIMATE CHANGE27
A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE41
TIME AND CAUSES55
A HOT AND COLD PAST69
THE HEAT IS ON93
THE HUMAN IMPACT113
THE MAIN OFFENDERS144
THE ROOT CAUSE156
THE MELTING EARTH167
WATER WORLD197
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US?226
THE ESCAPE HATCH239
POLITICS AND MONEY247
IT'S NOW OR NEVER258
MEASURING GEOLOGIC TIME264
CLIMATE PROXIES266
STATEMENT ON GLOBAL WARMING270
CLIMATE-RELATED WEB SITES272
REFERENCES273
INDEX311