| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references. |
| Contents |
1. Weather -- 2. Observations -- 3. Paleoclimate -- 4. Theory -- 5. Carbon -- 6. Processes -- 7. Models -- 8. Impacts -- 9. Economics -- 10. Ethics -- 11. Solutions |
| Summary |
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized. Ethical and economical aspects of human-caused climate change and solutions are presented provider's description |
| Note |
online resource; title from PDF cover page, Version 0.11 (OSU Open Textbooks, viewed October 16, 2020) |
| Local Note |
Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Climatology -- Textbooks.
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Climatic changes -- Textbooks.
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Climatology. (OCoLC)fst00864281
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Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
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| Genre/Form |
Open educational resources.
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Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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Textbooks.
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Open educational resources.
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| Added Author |
Oregon State University, issuing body.
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