Introduction to modern climate change /

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Main Author: Dessler, Andrew Emory
Format: Book
Published: New York: Cambridge University, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015014701-b.html
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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to the climate problem
  • Is the climate changing?
  • Radiation and energy balance
  • A simple climate model
  • The carbon cycle
  • Forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity
  • Why is the climate changing?
  • Predictions of future climate change
  • Impacts of climate change
  • Exponential growth
  • Fundamentals of climate change policy
  • Mitigation policies
  • A brief history of climate science and politics
  • Putting it together : a long-term policy to address climate change.