Climate Change, Second Edition: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth

✍ Scribed by Letcher, Trevor M

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 588
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Earth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be coming, mainly as a result of human behavior. Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Second Edition, serves as a broad, accessible guide to the science behind this often political and heated debate by providing scientific detail and evidence in language that is clear to both the climatologist and the non-specialist.

The book contains 35 chapters on all scientific aspects of climate change, written by the world's authority of each particular subject. It collects the latest information on all of these topics in one volume. In this way, readers can make connections between the various topics covered in the book, leading to new ways of solving problems and looking at related issues. The book also contains major references and details for further research and understanding on all issues related to climate change, giving a clear indication of a looming crisis in global warming and climate change.

• Provides an up-to-date account of the current understanding of climate change and global warming
• Includes 23 updated chapters and 12 new chapters
• Includes coverage on modeling climate change, geological history of climate change, and on engineering aspects of climate change
• Written by the world’s leading experts on the issues related to climate change

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,PrefaceEntitled to full textPart 1: A Geological History of Climate ChangeChapter 1 - Climate Change Through Earth's History, Pages 3-17, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams
Chapter 2 - Global Surface Temperatures, Pages 21-35, Peter Thorne
Chapter 3 - Arctic Sea Ice, Pages 37-48, David Schroeder
Chapter 4 - Antarctic Sea Ice Changes and Their Implications, Pages 49-62, Peter Wadhams
Chapter 5 - Land Ice: Indicator and Integrator of Climate Change, Pages 63-77, Jonathan Bamber
Chapter 6 - Poleward Expansion of the Atmospheric Circulation, Pages 79-104, Thomas Reichler
Chapter 7 - Weather Pattern Changes in the Tropics and Mid-latitudes, Pages 105-119, Ricardo M. Trigo, Luis Gimeno
Chapter 8 - Bird Ecology, Pages 121-134, Wolfgang Fiedler
Chapter 9 - Mammal Ecology, Pages 135-151, Jeremy R. Brammer, Murray M. Humphries
Chapter 10 - Insect Communities, Pages 153-166, Audrey M. Maran, Shannon L. Pelini
Chapter 11 - Sea Life (Pelagic Ecosystems), Pages 167-182, Martin Edwards
Chapter 12 - Changes in Coral Reef Ecosystems, Pages 183-193, Martin J. Attrill, Nicola L. Foster
Chapter 13 - Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change, Pages 195-212, Boris Worm, Heike K. Lotze
Chapter 14 - Intertidal Indicators of Climate and Global Change, Pages 213-229, Nova Mieszkowska
Chapter 15 - Plant Ecology, Pages 231-239, Mike D. Morecroft, Sally A. Keith
Chapter 16 - Rising Sea Levels, Pages 241-252, Roland Gehrels
Chapter 17 - Ocean Current Changes, Pages 253-269, Torsten Kanzow, Martin Visbeck, Uta Krebs-Kanzow
Chapter 18 - Ocean Acidification, Pages 271-293, Carol Turley, Helen S. Findlay
Chapter 19 - Lichens, Pages 295-307, André Aptroot, Norbert J. Stapper, Alica Košuthová, Marcela E.S. Cáceres
Chapter 20 - Coastline Degradation as an Indicator of Global Change, Pages 309-324, Robert J. Nicholls, Colin Woodroffe, Virginia Burkett
Chapter 21 - Plant Pathogens as Indicators of Climate Change, Pages 325-338, K.A. Garrett, M. Nita, E.D. De Wolf, P.D. Esker, L. Gomez-Montano, A.H. Sparks
Chapter 22 - Statistical Modelling of Climate Change, Pages 341-354, Ben Powell
Chapter 23 - A Modelling Perspective of Future Climate Change, Pages 355-371, Babatunde J. Abiodun, Akintayo Adedoyin
Chapter 24 - The Role of Atmospheric Gases, Pages 375-397, Richard P. Tuckett
Chapter 25 - The Variation of the Earth's Movements (Orbital, Tilt and Precession), Pages 399-418, Lucas J. Lourens
Chapter 26 - The Role of Volcanic Activity in Climate and Global Change, Pages 419-447, Georgiy Stenchikov
Chapter 27 - Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Role in Climate Change, Pages 449-463, Jim Haywood
Chapter 28 - Climate Change and Agriculture, Pages 465-489, Rattan Lal
Chapter 29 - Widespread Surface Solar Radiation Changes and Their Effects: Dimming and Brightening, Pages 491-511, Shabtai Cohen, Gerald Stanhill
Chapter 30 - Space Weather and Cosmic Ray Effects, Pages 513-544, Lev I. Dorman
Chapter 31 - Engineering Aspects of Climate Change, Pages 547-568, Daniel A. Vallero
Chapter 32 - Societal Adaptation to Climate Change, Pages 569-583, Daniel A. Vallero
Chapter 33 - Climate Impacts and Adaptations in Forest Management, Pages 585-594, Anna Lawrence, Bruce Nicoll
Index, Pages 595-608