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Klappentext "The study of climate today seems to be dominated by global warming, but these predictions of climatic models must be placed in their geological, paleo-climatic, and astronomical context to create a complete picture of the Earth's future climate. The Future of the World's Climate presents that perspective with data and projections that have emerged from more technologically advanced and accurate climate modeling"--Publisher's website. Zusammenfassung Focuses on reviews of climate science and supported by sound! accurate data and projections made possible by technological advances in climate modeling. This title examines in detail a wide variety of aspects! including human factors like land use! expanding urban climates! and governmental efforts at mitigation! such as the Kyoto Protocol. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Climates of the Future SECTION I: The Anthropocene 2. People, Policy and Politics in Future Climates 3. Urban Climates 4. Human Effects on Climate through Land Surface Modification SECTION II: Time and Tide 5. Fast and Slow Feedbacks in Future Climates 6. Ocean Climates In The Future 7. Climatic Variability on Decadal to Century Time-Scales 8. The Future of the World's Glaciers 9. Future Regional Climates SECTION III: Looking Forward 10. Climate and weather extremes: observations, modelling and projections 11. Interaction Between Future Climate and Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen 12. Climate-chemistry interaction: Tropospheric ozone and sulfate aerosols 13. Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol Levels SECTION IV: Learning Lessons 14. Records from the Past, Lessons for the Future: what the palaeo-record implies about mechanisms of global change 15. Modeling the Past and Future Interglacials in Response to The Astronomical and Greenhouse Gas Forcing 16. Catastrophe: Extraterrestrial Impacts, Massive Volcanism and the Biosphere SECTION V: Understanding the Unknowns 17. Expect the Unexpected: Future Climate Surprises 18. Earth's Climate from Geophysiology to Earth System Science ...
List of contents
1. Climates of the Future
SECTION I: The Anthropocene
2. People, Policy and Politics in Future Climates
3. Urban Climates
4. Human Effects on Climate through Land Surface Modification
SECTION II: Time and Tide
5. Fast and Slow Feedbacks in Future Climates
6. Ocean Climates In The Future
7. Climatic Variability on Decadal to Century Time-Scales
8. The Future of the World's Glaciers
9. Future Regional Climates
SECTION III: Looking Forward
10. Climate and weather extremes: observations, modelling and projections
11. Interaction Between Future Climate and Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen
12. Climate-chemistry interaction: Tropospheric ozone and sulfate aerosols
13. Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol Levels
SECTION IV: Learning Lessons
14. Records from the Past, Lessons for the Future: what the palaeo-record implies about mechanisms of global change
15. Modeling the Past and Future Interglacials in Response to The Astronomical and Greenhouse Gas Forcing
16. Catastrophe: Extraterrestrial Impacts, Massive Volcanism and the Biosphere
SECTION V: Understanding the Unknowns
17. Expect the Unexpected: Future Climate Surprises
18. Earth's Climate from Geophysiology to Earth System Science
