The climate crisis: an introductory guide to climate change

An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's climate has been probed bydrilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have been made in computer modelling of our climate. Thisbook provides a concise and accessible overview of what we know about ongoingclimate change and its impacts, and what we can do to confront the climate crisis. Using clear and simple graphics in full colour, it lucidly highlights information contained in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, and brings the subject completely up-to-date with current science and policy. The book makes essential scientific information on this critical topic accessible to a broad audience. Obtaining sound information is the first step in preventing a serious, long-lasting degradation of our planet's climate, helping toensure our future survival INDICE: Preface; 1. Retrospective: what we knew and when we knew it; 2. Earth's energy budget; 3. Climate change so far; 4. Snow and ice; 5. How the oceans are changing; 6. The past is the key to the future; 7. What the future holds; 8. Impacts of climate change; 9. Avoiding climate change; 10. Climate policy; References; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-521-73255-0
• Editorial: Cambridge University Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 249
• Fecha Publicación: 24/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés