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Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climat, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects o, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate...

Radiative Forcing of Climate Change - Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties

English · Paperback / Softback

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Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earth's energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, land use, and the amount of energy Earth receives from the Sun. Although climate throughout Earth's history has varied from "snowball" conditions with global ice cover to "hothouse" conditions when glaciers all but disappeared, the climate over the past 10,000 years has been remarkably stable and favorable to human civilization. Increasing evidence points to a large human impact on global climate over the past century. The report reviews current knowledge of climate forcings and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding. Whereas emphasis to date has been on how these climate forcings affect global mean temperature, the report finds that regional variation and climate impacts other than temperature deserve increased attention.

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Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earth's energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, land use, and many other factors. This book reviews the knowledge of climate forcings and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding.

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Authors	Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climat, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects o, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
Assisted by	National Research Council (Editor)
Publisher	National Academies Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	25.04.2005

EAN	9780309095068
ISBN	978-0-309-09506-8
No. of pages	222
Dimensions	155 mm x 230 mm x 12 mm
Weight	435 g
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology

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