Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Name: Introduction to Modern Climate Change
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ISBN: 9781107480674

ISBN-10: 1107480671

ISBN-13: 9781107480674

Edition: 2nd 2015

Authors: Andrew Dessler

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This is an invaluable textbook for any introductory survey course on the science and policy of climate change, for both non-science majors and introductory science students. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent science from the latest IPCC reports, and many illustrations include new data. The new edition also reflects advances in the political debate over climate change. Unique amongst textbooks on climate change, it combines an introduction to the science with an introduction to economic and policy issues, and is tightly focused on anthropogenic climate change. It contains the necessary quantitative depth for students to properly understand the science…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/22/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 273
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Dr. Dessler received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1994. He did his postdoctoral work at NASA Goddard and has been a research scientist at the University of Maryland since 1996. His work on stratospheric ozone ranges from building instruments and participating in field campaigns to analyzing satellite data and working with models of the stratosphere.