Climate Change The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future 2nd Edition by Edmond Mathez, Jason Smerdon 0231547871 9780231547871

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Author:   Edmond A. Mathez, Jason E. Smerdon 

This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text is geared toward students at a variety of levels. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet. Mathez and Smerdon describe the roles that the atmosphere and ocean play in our climate, introduce the concept of radiation balance, and explain climate changes that occurred in the past. They also detail the human activities that influence the climate, such as greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions and deforestation, as well as the effects of natural phenomena. Climate Change concludes with a look toward the future, discussing climate model projections, exploring the economic and technological realities of energy production, and presenting a view of the global warming challenge through the lens of risk. Each chapter features profiles of scientists who advanced our understanding of the material discussed. This new edition expands on the first edition’s presentation of scientific concepts, making it ideal for classroom use for a wide swath of undergraduate and masters students with both science and nonscience backgrounds.

Climate Change The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future 2nd Table of contents:

Part I. The Climate System
1. The Atmosphere
The Composition of Air
The Compressibility and Pressure of Air
Mechanisms of Heat and Mass Transfer
The Thermal and Compositional Layering of the Atmosphere
The General (Global) Circulation of the Atmosphere
Key Points in This Chapter
2. The World Ocean
Important Properties of Water
The Ocean’s Layered Structure
The Ocean’s Surface Currents
Global Flows of Water Through the Ocean
The Hydrological Cycle
Key Points in This Chapter
3. Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions
Exchanges at the Ocean–Atmosphere Interface
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation
Other Modes of Ocean and Atmosphere Variability
Key Points in This Chapter
4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate
Reservoirs of Carbon
The Carbon Cycle
The Acidification of the Ocean
Uncertainties in the Carbon Cycle
Key Points in This Chapter
Part II. Climate Change and Its Drivers
5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change
Electromagnetic Radiation
The Greenhouse Effect
Earth’s Radiation Balance
Geographical and Seasonal Variations in Energy Balance
Key Points in This Chapter
6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System
Radiative Forcing
Greenhouse Gases as Forcing Factors
Aerosols
Land-Use Change
Natural Forcing Factors
Feedbacks
Tipping Points
Committed Warming
Key Points in This Chapter
7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past
The Ice Age and Paleoclimatology
Earth’s Orbital Characteristics and Milankovitch Theory
Five Million Years of Climate
One Hundred Thousand Years of Climate Change
A Lesson from the Distant Past: The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Key Points in This Chapter
Part III. Consequences of Climate Change
8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History
Climate Proxies
Early to Mid-Holocene Climate Change and Human Development
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Key Points in This Chapter
9. Observing the Change
A Century of Warming
Precipitation and Drought
Why Some Water Supplies Are in Jeopardy
Severe Storms and Other Extreme Events
The Sensitive Arctic
Key Points in This Chapter
10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea-Level Rise
Recent Sea-Level Rise and the Factors Contributing to It
The Greenland Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Ice Sheets
Future Sea-Level Rise
Key Points in This Chapter
Part IV. The Future
11. Climate Models and the Future
What Are Climate Models?
Peering into the Future
Responding to Our Climate Future
Key Points in This Chapter
12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future
Climate–Emissions Uncertainties
What Is Risk?
Some Properties of Climate Change Risk
Climate Change and Human Strife
Key Points in This Chapter
13. Energy and the Future
Electricity Circa 2017
Coal: A Vast Enterprise
Natural Gas: A Bridge Fuel?
The Nuclear Option
Wind and Solar Power: Icons for the Future
What About Hydropower?
Intermittent Power and the Electrical Grid
Key Points in This Chapter
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography

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