(Ebook) Global warming 3rd Edition by John Houghton ISBN 9780511216367 051121636X

(Ebook) Global warming 3rd Edition by John Houghton ISBN 9780511216367 051121636X

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ISBN 10: 051121636X
ISBN 13: 9780511216367
Author: John Houghton

(Ebook) Global warming 3rd Edition Table of contents:

1. Global Warming and Climate Change

• Is the Climate Changing?

• The Remarkable Last Decades of the Twentieth Century

• El Niño Events

• The Effect of Volcanic Eruptions on Temperature Extremes

• Vulnerable to Change

• The Problem of Global Warming

• Adaptation and Mitigation

• Uncertainty and Response

• Questions

• Notes

2. The Greenhouse Effect

• How the Earth Keeps Warm

• The Greenhouse Effect

• Mars and Venus

• The 'Runaway' Greenhouse Effect

• The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

• Questions

• Notes

3. The Greenhouse Gases

• Which Are the Most Important Greenhouse Gases?

• Radiative Forcing

• Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle

• Future Emissions of Carbon Dioxide

• Other Greenhouse Gases

• Gases with an Indirect Greenhouse Effect

• Particles in the Atmosphere

• Estimates of Radiative Forcing

• Questions

• Notes

4. Climates of the Past

• The Last Hundred Years

• The Last Thousand Years

• The Past Million Years

• How Stable Has Past Climate Been?

• Questions

• Notes

5. Modelling the Climate

• Modelling the Weather

• Seasonal Forecasting

• The Climate System

• Feedbacks in the Climate System

• Models for Climate Prediction

• Validation of the Model

• Comparison with Observations

• Is the Climate Chaotic?

• Regional Climate Modelling

• The Future of Climate Modelling

• Questions

• Notes

6. Climate Change for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond

• Emission Scenarios

• Model Projections

• Projections of Global Average Temperature

• Regional Patterns of Climate Change

• Changes in Climate Extremes

• Regional Climate Models

• Longer-Term Climate Change

• Changes in the Ocean Thermohaline Circulation

• Other Factors That Might Influence Climate Change

• Questions

• Notes

7. The Impacts of Climate Change

• A Complex Network of Changes

• How Much Will Sea Level Rise?

• The Impacts of Sea Level Rise

• Increasing Human Use of Fresh Water Resources

• The Impact of Climate Change on Fresh Water Resources

• Impact on Agriculture and Food Supply

• The Impact on Ecosystems

• The Impact on Human Health

• Adaptation to Climate Change

• Costing the Impacts: Extreme Events

• Costing the Total Impacts

• The Overall Impact of Global Warming

• Questions

• Notes

8. Why Should We Be Concerned?

• Earth in the Balance

• Exploitation

• 'Back to Nature'

• The Technical Fix

• Future Generations

• The Unity of the Earth

• Environmental Values

• Stewards of the Earth

• The Will to Act

• Questions

• Notes

9. Weighing the Uncertainty

• The Scientific Uncertainty

• The IPCC Assessments

• Narrowing the Uncertainty

• Sustainable Development

• Why Not Wait and See?

• The Precautionary Principle

• Principles for International Action

• Some Global Economics

• Questions

• Notes

10. A Strategy for Action to Slow and Stabilise Climate Change

• The Climate Convention

• Stabilisation of Emissions

• The Montreal Protocol

• The Kyoto Protocol

• Forests

• Reduction in the Sources of Methane

• Stabilisation of Carbon Dioxide Concentrations

• The Choice of Stabilisation Level

• Realising the Climate Convention Objective

• Summary of the Action Required

• Questions

• Notes

11. Energy and Transport for the Future

• World Energy Demand and Supply

• Future Energy Projections

• Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Buildings

• Energy Savings in Transport

• Energy Savings in Industry

• Capture and Storage of Carbon Dioxide

• Renewable Energy

• Hydro-power

• Biomass as Fuel

• Wind Energy

• Energy from the Sun

• Other Renewable Energies

• The Support and Financing of Renewable Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Technology for the Longer Term

• Summary

• Questions

• Notes

12. The Global Village

• The Challenges of Global Warming

• Not the Only Global Problem

• The Conception and Conduct of Environmental Research

• The Goal of Environmental Stewardship

• Questions

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