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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2013
      24 December 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511817144
      9780521407441
      9780521732550
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511817144
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.576kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Science, Climatology and Climate Change
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    Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Science, Climatology and Climate Change
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    An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have been made in computer modelling of our climate. This book provides a concise and accessible overview of what we know about ongoing climate change and its impacts, and what we can do to confront the climate crisis. Using clear and simple graphics in full colour, it lucidly highlights information contained in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, and brings the subject completely up-to-date with current science and policy. The book makes essential scientific information on this critical topic accessible to a broad audience. Obtaining sound information is the first step in preventing a serious, long-lasting degradation of our planet's climate, helping to ensure our future survival.

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    '… It is balanced in explaining what is known with confidence and what is not and the uncertainties. … This book should be read by anyone who is interested in climate change but does not have the time or commitment to read the IPCC reports.'

    Source: Eos

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    Contents

    Contents
    References
    References
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    ,IPCC, 2007b: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M. L. Parry, O. F. Canziani, J. P. Palutikof, P. J. van der Linden and C. E. Hanson (eds.), Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.
    ,IPCC, 2007c: Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, B. Metz, O. R. Davidson, P. R. Bosch, R. Dave and L. A. Meyer (eds.), Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.
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    Stern, N., 2007: The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    Stroeve, J., Holland, M. M., Meier, W., Scambos, T. and Serreze, M., 2007: Arctic sea ice decline: faster than forecast. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L09501.
    Willis, J. K., Lyman, J. M., Johnson, G. C., and Gilson, J., 2007: Correction to “Recent cooling of the upper ocean” (33, L18604, 2006). Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L16601.
    Zwally, H. J., Abdalati, W., Herring, T., et al., 2002: Surface melt-induced acceleration of Greenland ice-sheet flow. Science, 297 (5579), 218–222.
    Zimov, S., Schuur, E. A. G., and Chaplin, F. S. (2006): Climate change: permafrost and the global carbon budget. Science, 312, 1612–1613.
    Recommended web links
    www.ipcc.ch The full IPCC reports are accessible here
    www.reaclimate.org A discussion weblog about climate science at a level similar to this book, founded by the authors of this book together with six other colleagues
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm The top ten “climate skeptics” arguments, answered by the BBC online news team
    http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462 “Climate change: a guide for the perplexed”, by New Scientist magazine
    http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, U.S. Department of Energy, with latest atmospheric concentration data for greenhouse gases

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