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Online Ressource (416 S.)
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Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0123859565
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9781283171298
Inhalt:
Don Easterbrook
Inhalt:
Global warming and human-induced climate change are perhaps the most important scientific issues of our time. These issues continue to be debated in the scientific community and in the media without true consensus about the role of greenhouse gas emissions as a contributing factor. Evidence-Based Climate Science: Data opposing CO2 emissions as the primary source of global warming objectively gathers and analyzes scientific data concerning patterns of past climate changes, influences of changes in ocean temperatures, the effect of solar variation on global climate, and the effect of CO2 on global climate to clearly and objectively present counter-global-warming evidence not embraced by proponents of CO2. An unbiased, evidence-based analysis of the scientific data concerning climate change and global warming Authored by 8 of the world's leading climate scientists, each with more than 25 years of experience in the field Extensive analysis of the physics of CO2 as a greenhouse gas and its role in global warming Comprehensive citations, references, and bibliography Adaptation strategies are presented as alternative reactions to greenhouse gas emission reductions
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Front Cover; Evidence-Based Climate Science; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I Geologic Perspectives; Chapter 1 Geologic Evidence of Recurring Climate Cycles and Their Implications for the Cause of Global Climate Changes-The ...; 1. Introduction; 2. Is Global Warming Real?; 3. Melting Glaciers; 4. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide; 5. Lessons from Past Global Climate Changes; 6. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); 7. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO); 8. Solar Variability and Climate Change; 9. Where are We Headed During the Coming Century?; References
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Chapter 2 Evidence for Synchronous Global Climatic Events: Cosmogenic Exposure Ages of Glaciations1. Introduction; 2. Late Pleistocene Climate Oscillations Recorded by Glaciers; 3. Conclusions; References; Part II Temperature Measurements; Chapter 3 A Critical Look at Surface Temperature Records; 1. Introduction; 2. The Global Data Centers; 3. The Golden Age of Surface Observation; 4. Vanishing Stations; 5. See For Yourself - The Data is a Mess; 6. Station Dropout was not Totally Random; 7. Instrument Changes and Siting; 8. Along Comes 'Modernization'; 9. Adjustments not Made, or Made Badly
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10. Heat from Population Growth and Land-use Changes11. U.S. Climate Data; 12. U.S. State Heat Records Suggest Recent Decades are not the Warmest; 13. Major Changes to USHCN in 2007; 14. Hadley and NOAA; 15. Final Adjustments - Homogenization; 16. Problems with Sea Surface Temperature Measurements; 17. Long-Term Trends; 18. Summary; References; Chapter 4 2010-The Hottest Year on Record?; 1. Comparisons vs. 1998; 2. Divergence from Other Data Sources; 3. What is GISS Doing Wrong?; 4. Was 2010 a Record Hot Year?; 5. What Caused the Positive Anomalies in Early 2010?
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6 Some History About Dr. James Hansen7 Conclusion; Part III The Role of Oceans; Chapter 5 Relationship of Multidecadal Global Temperatures to Multidecadal Oceanic Oscillations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI); 3. Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI); 4. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); 5. Frequency and Strength of ENSO and the PDO; 6. Correlation of the PDO and Glacial Fluctuations in the Pacific Northwest; 7. ENSO vs. Temperatures; 8. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO); 9. North Atlantic Oscillation, The Arctic Oscillation, and The AMO
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10. Synchronized Dance of the Teleconnections11. Short-term Warm/Cool Cycles from the Greenland Ice Core; 12. Where are we Headed During the Coming Century?; References; Chapter 6 Setting the Frames of Expected Future Sea Level Changes by Exploring Past Geological Sea Level Records; 1. Introduction; 2. Sea Level Changes by Year 2100; 3. Frames of Glacial Eustatic Rise in Sea Level; 4. Frames of Steric Expansion of the Water Column; 5. Setting the Frames of Future Sea Level Changes; 6. Solar Cycles in the Near Future; 7. The State of Fear; 8. Conclusions; References
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Chapter 7 The Maldives: A Measure of Sea Level Changes and Sea Level Ethics
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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ISBN 0123859573
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ISBN 9780123859570
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Evidence-Based Climate Science Data opposing CO2 emissions as the primary source of global warming
Sprache:
Englisch
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