Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate

Name: Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate
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ISBN: 9780521782388

ISBN-10: 0521782384

ISBN-13: 9780521782388

Edition: 2001

Authors: Lennart O. Bengtsson, Claus U. Hammer

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This volume offers a summary of our understanding of the modern climate and environment. It does so by interpreting Earth's past; human influence on the climate; the climate's relation to the Earth's surface, and oceans and atmosphere.

Book details

List price: $147.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/29/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.28" wide x 10.35" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction




The Antarctic ozone hole: a man-caused chemical instability in the stratosphere - what should we learn from it?




Feedbacks and interactions between global change, atmospheric chemistry, and the biosphere




Atmospheric CO2 variations: response to natural and anthropogenic earth system forcings




Modelling and evaluating terrestrial biospheric exchanges of water, carbon dioxide and oxygen in the global climate system




Carbon futures




Global climate change in the human perspective




Earth system models and the global biogeochemical cycles




The role of CO2, sea-level and vegetation during the Milankovitch-forced glacial-interglacial cycles




Non-linearities in the earth system: the ocean's role




Simulations of the climate of the Holocene: perspectives gained with models of different complexity




Interactions of climate change and the terrestrial biosphere




The record of paleoclimatic change and its greenhouse implications




Long-term stability of earth's climate: the faint young sun problem revisited




Physical and chemical properties of the glacial ocean




Ice core records and relevance for future climate variations




Towards a new approach to climate impact studies




Future research objectives




Research objectives of the World Climate Research Programme



Index