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Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, Second Edition

Understanding the Forecast

Paperback Engels 2011 2e druk 9780470943410
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Archer′s
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast 2
nd Edition, is the first real text to present the science and policy surrounding climate change at the right level. Accompanying videos, simulations and instructional support makes it easier to build a syllabus to improve and create new material on climate change. Archer′s polished writing style makes the text entertaining while the improved pedagogy helps better understand key concepts, ideas and terms.

This edition has been revised and reformulated with a new chapter template of short chapter introductions, study questions at the end, and critical thinking puzzlers throughout. Also a new asset for the BCS was created that will give ideas for assignments and topics for essays and other projects. Furthermore, a number of interactive models have been built to help understand the science and systems behind the processes.

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ISBN13:9780470943410
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:224
Druk:2

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<p>Online Models v</p>
<p>Preface vii</p>
<p>1 Humankind and Climate 1</p>
<p>Part I The Greenhouse Effect 7</p>
<p>2 Blackbody Radiation 9</p>
<p>3 The Layer Model 19</p>
<p>4 Greenhouse Gases 29</p>
<p>5 What Holds the Atmosphere Up? 43</p>
<p>6 Weather and Climate 57</p>
<p>7 Feedbacks 73</p>
<p>Part II The Carbon Cycle 87</p>
<p>8 Carbon on Earth 89</p>
<p>9 Fossil Fuels and Energy 103</p>
<p>10 The Perturbed Carbon Cycle 119</p>
<p>Part III The Forecast 133</p>
<p>11 The Smoking Gun 135</p>
<p>12 Potential Climate Impacts 153</p>
<p>13 Decisions, Decisions 173</p>
<p>Glossary 191</p>
<p>Index 197</p>

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