Climate change : what the science tells us
Charles H. Fletcher (Author)
"This book introduces climate change fundamentals and essential concepts that reveal the extent of the damage, the impacts felt around the globe, and the innovation and leadership it will take to bring an end to the status quo. Emphasizing peer-reviewed literature, this text details the impact of climate change on land and sea, the water cycle, human communities, the weather, and humanity's collective future. Coverage of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmospheric processes, Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimate, sea levels, and other fundamental topics provide a deep understanding of key mechanisms, while discussion of extreme weather, economic impacts, and resource scarcity reveals how climate change is already impacting people's lives--and will continue to do so at an increasing rate for the foreseeable future." -- Publisher description
Print Book, English, 2019
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2019
x, 342 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
9781119441410, 9781118793060, 1119441412, 1118793064
1048028378
Evidence of climate change
Radiative equilibrium
The climate system
Are humans the cause?
Sea-level rise
Modeling climate
Warming impacts
Dangerous climate