Earth's climate :
Ruddiman, W. F. 1943-
Earth's climate : past and future / William F. Ruddiman. - Third edition. - xvii, 445 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Framework of Climate Science -- Overview of Climate Science -- Earths Climate System Today -- Climate Archives, Data, and Models -- Tectonic-Scale Climate Change: CO2 and Long-Term Climate -- Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate -- Greenhouse Climate -- From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years -- Orbital-Scale Climate Change -- Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation -- Insolation Control of Monsoons -- Insolation Control of Ice Sheets -- Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane -- Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Mysteries -- Glacial/Deglacial Climate Change: The Last Glacial Maximum -- Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation -- Millennial Oscillations of Climate -- Historical and Future Climate Change: Humans and Preindustrial Climate -- Climate Changes During the Last 1,000 Years -- Climatic Changes Since 1850 -- Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years -- Future Climatic Change
At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, William Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.
9781429255257
2013937645
GBB390031 bnb
016508353 Uk
Climatology
Climatología
Climatic changes
Cambios climáticos
QC981 / .R76 2014
551.6
Earth's climate : past and future / William F. Ruddiman. - Third edition. - xvii, 445 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Framework of Climate Science -- Overview of Climate Science -- Earths Climate System Today -- Climate Archives, Data, and Models -- Tectonic-Scale Climate Change: CO2 and Long-Term Climate -- Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate -- Greenhouse Climate -- From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years -- Orbital-Scale Climate Change -- Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation -- Insolation Control of Monsoons -- Insolation Control of Ice Sheets -- Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane -- Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Mysteries -- Glacial/Deglacial Climate Change: The Last Glacial Maximum -- Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation -- Millennial Oscillations of Climate -- Historical and Future Climate Change: Humans and Preindustrial Climate -- Climate Changes During the Last 1,000 Years -- Climatic Changes Since 1850 -- Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years -- Future Climatic Change
At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, William Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.
9781429255257
2013937645
GBB390031 bnb
016508353 Uk
Climatology
Climatología
Climatic changes
Cambios climáticos
QC981 / .R76 2014
551.6