A short introduction to climate change / Tony Eggleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eggleton, R. A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, Arctic ice and ocean currents. It also considers the consequences of our use of fossil fuels and discusses some of the ways to reduce further global warming. Tony Eggleton avoids the use of scientific jargon to provide a reader-friendly explanation of the science of climate change. Concise but comprehensive and richly illustrated with a wealth of full-colour figures and photographs, A Short Introduction to Climate Change is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in climate science and in the future of our planet. For more information please see http://www.tonyeggleton.id.au/

Contents:

The spirit of enquiry

Global warming

Weather is not climate

The thermostat

Droughts and flooding rains

Snow and ice

The ocean

From ice-house to greenhouse

The past 2000 years

Carbon dioxide and methane

Denial

Bet your grandchildren's lives on it, too?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-62783-X

1-107-23865-X

1-139-62794-5

1-139-62728-7

1-139-62772-4

1-139-62739-2

1-139-62705-8

1-283-94302-6

1-139-52435-6

OCLC:

823724176