Short Introduction to Climate Change

Name: Short Introduction to Climate Change
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ISBN: 9781107618763

ISBN-10: 1107618762

ISBN-13: 9781107618763

Edition: 2012

Authors: Tony Eggleton

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A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, Arctic ice and ocean currents. It also considers the consequences of our use of fossil fuels and discusses some of the ways to reduce further global warming. Tony Eggleton dispenses with scientific jargon to provide a reader-friendly explanation of the science of climate change. Concise but…

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List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.65" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



The spirit of enquiry



Global warming



Weather is not climate



The thermostat



Droughts and flooding rains



Snow and ice



The ocean



From ice-house to greenhouse



The last two thousand years



Carbon dioxide and methane



Denial



Bet your grandchildrens' lives on it too?