| Description |
xii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index. |
| Contents |
Climate change in the public sphere -- Basic system dynamics -- Climate controls : energy from the sun -- Climate controls : earth's reflectivity -- Climate controls : the greenhouse effect -- Climate change mitigation : reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transforming the energy system -- Climate models -- Future climate : emissions, climatic shifts, and what to do about them -- Impacts of climate change on natural systems -- Climate change impacts on human systems -- Understanding climate change : pathways forward. |
| Summary |
"Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions. Understanding Climate Change examines climate change as both a scientific and a public policy issue. Sarah L. Burch and Sara E. Harris explain the basics of the climate system, climate models and prediction, and human and biophysical impacts, as well as strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing adaptability, and enabling climate change governance. The authors examine the connections between climate change and other pressing issues, such as human health, poverty, and other environmental problems, and they explore the ways that sustainable responses to climate change can simultaneously address those issues. An effective and integrated introduction to an urgent and controversial issue, this book contains the tools needed for students, instructors, and decision-makers to become constructive participants in the human response to climate change."--Page i. |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Textbooks.
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Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
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Klimaänderung. (DE-588)4164199-1
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Klimatologie. (DE-588)4031178-8
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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| Added Author |
Harris, Sara E., 1969- author.
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| ISBN |
9781442646520 (cloth) |
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1442646527 (cloth) |
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9781442614451 (paper) |
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1442614455 (paper) |
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