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Zusatztext "This updated edition (1st ed.! 1997) provides an excellent contemporary survey of the engineering challenges and potential solutions to pending climate changes resulting from anthropogenic effects on the planet's climate processes. The contributing authors and their respective affiliated organizations read as a "who's who" and "where's where" of leadership in engineering for climate change. The content is technically advanced and detailed! with good graphics and relevant illustrations. ? the book can serve well as a reference source or textbook for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level engineering course focused on engineering responses to climate change. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates! graduate students! and researchers/faculty."- S. R. Walk! Old Dominion University! CHOICE! February 2014"... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved! in all respects."-Michael Tobis! University of Wisconsin! Madison"? an important and timely update of the first edition ? not only important for its presentation of the scientific basis of global warming! but also by the fact that it does not ignore the publication of a group of scientists generally referred to as 'deniers.' Although it may be convenient to disregard the deniers' perspective because they represent only a small number of scientists who do not believe in man-made causes for global warming! the position of those deniers gives food to politicians and certain industrial enterprises such as coal and oil industries that benefit financially by delaying any effective action to reduce global warming. ? written by some outstanding engineers from many parts of the world and provide some ideas on what mankind can do to make our planet a habitable place for future generations."-Frank Kreith! Professor Emeritus! University of ColoradoPraise for the First Edition"If you have a genuine interest in climate change issues you may wish to make a serious effort to find this book ... focuses on realistic responses and realistic time frames ... Rigorous arguments are presented! not avoiding recourse to mathematics! chemistry! and physics ... substantial space is given both to energy demand reduction and to geo-engineering solutions ... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved! in all respects."-Michael Tobis! University of Wisconsin! Madison Informationen zum Autor Robert G. Watts Klappentext Discussing today's hottest topics relating to climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, this book takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the earth's climate. This new edition explores the latest concerns such as acidification of the ocean, energy efficiency, transportation, space solar power, and future and emerging possibilities. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions, calculations, and possible research topics. Zusammenfassung A clear, concise discussion of today’s hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the Earth’s climate. From energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions reduction, to climate-altering technologies, this new edition explores the latest concerns such as acidification of the ocean, energy efficiency, transportation, space solar power, and future and emerging possibilities. The editors set the stage by discussing the separate issues of the emissions of radiatively important atmospheric constituents...
