UID:
almahu_9948025610702882
Format:
1 online resource (677 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-283-34795-4
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9786613347954
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0-12-386957-9
Series Statement:
World Survey of Climatology
Content:
At a time of so much politicized debate over the phenomenon of global warming, the second edition of The Future of the World's Climate places the discussion in a broader geological, paleo-climatic, and astronomical context. This book is a resource based on reviews of current climate science and supported by sound, accurate data and projections made possible by technological advances in climate modeling. Crucially, this title examines in detail a wide variety of aspects, including human factors like land use, expanding urban climates, and governmental efforts at mitigation, suc
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Future of the World's Climate; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations & Acronyms; Stephen H. Schneider: In Memoriam; Introduction-Future Climate; Chapter 1 - Seeing Further: The Futurology of Climate; 1.1 - THE FUTURE OF OUR CLIMATE: INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE; 1.2 - GLOBAL WARMING: CLIMATE'S `ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM'; 1.3 - THE COMPLEXITY OF THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD'S CLIMATE; 1.4 - CLIMATE FUTURE OF THE COORONG: COMMUNICATING FROM GLOBAL `GROUND ZERO'; 1.5 - FUTUROLOGY OF CLIMATE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Section I - The Anthropocene
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Chapter 2 - People, Policy and Politics in Future Climates2.1 - INTRODUCTION: HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND PARADIGM CHANGE; 2.2 - THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE FOR MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.3 - A GOVERNANCE APPROACH TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.4 - SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE REGIME; 2.5 - THE ROLE OF THE UNFCCC AND KYOTO PROTOCOL; 2.6 - TOP-DOWN ACTIONS STEMMING FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE UNFCCC/KYOTO; 2.7 - BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION AND INFLUENCE; 2.8 - PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE; 2.9 - FUTURE UNKNOWNS: LIVING ON A WARMER EARTH?
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Chapter 3 - Urban Climates and Global Climate Change3.1 - INTRODUCTION: LIVING IN CITIES; 3.2 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL URBAN CLIMATES: THE BIOPHYSICAL BASIS; 3.3 - CITIES AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; 3.4 - CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART IN SIMULATING URBAN CLIMATES; 3.5 - CITIES AND THE FUTURE CLIMATE; Chapter 4 - Human Effects on Climate Through Land-Use-Induced Land-Cover Change; 4.1 - INTRODUCTION: LAND CHANGE AND CLIMATE; 4.2 - THE SCALE OF HUMAN MODIFICATION; 4.3 - MECHANISMS/PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH LULCC AFFECTS CLIMATE; 4.4 - LINKS BETWEEN LULCC AND CLIMATE
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4.5 - LAND USE AND UNDERSTANDING OUR FUTURE CLIMATESection II - Time and Tide; Chapter 5 - Fast and Slow Feedbacks in Future Climates; 5.1 - INTRODUCTION: THE SENSITIVE CLIMATE; 5.2 - FAST-FEEDBACK CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; 5.3 - SLOW FEEDBACK PROCESSES RELATED TO THE CARBON CYCLE; 5.4 - COUPLED CLIMATE-CARBON CYCLE MODEL RESULTS AND LINEAR FEEDBACK ANALYSIS; 5.5 - OTHER SLOW AND LESS-CONSIDERED FEEDBACKS; 5.6 - CLIMATE FEEDBACKS AND THE FUTURE CLIMATE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 6 - Variability and Change in the Ocean; 6.1 - INTRODUCTION: CLIMATE VARIABILITY
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6.2 - OBSERVED OCEAN VARIABILITY AND CHANGE6.3 - PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; 6.4 - OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL FEEDBACKS; 6.5 - OCEANIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 7 - Climatic Variability on Decadal to Century Timescales; 7.1 - INTRODUCTION: OCEANS AND FUTURE CLIMATE; 7.2 - TROPICAL DECADAL VARIABILITY; 7.3 - DESCRIPTION OF EXTRA-TROPICAL DECADAL VARIABILITY; 7.4 - EVIDENCE OF CENTENNIAL VARIABILITY; 7.5 - THE STOCHASTIC CLIMATE MODEL: THE NULL HYPOTHESIS FOR CLIMATE VARIABILITY; 7.6 - SUMMARY: FUTURE UNKNOWNS; Chapter 8 - The Future of the World's Glaciers
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8.1 - INTRODUCTION: CLIMATE AND THE CRYOSPHERE
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-386917-X
Language:
English
