A brief history of the Earth's climate : everyone's guide to the science of climate change / Steven Earle, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Earle, Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

xvi, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming and climate change is different and more dangerous, and how to counter skeptics and deniers with sound science."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. What Controls the Earth's Climate?

2. A Slowly Warming Sun

3. Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents

4. Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions

5. Earth's Orbital Variations

6. Moving Heat with Ocean Currents

7. Short-term Solar Variations

8. Catastrophic Collisions

9. A Plague of Humans

10. Tipping Points

11. What Now?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Earle, Steven. Brief history of the Earth's climate.

ISBN:

9780865719590

0865719594

OCLC:

1243349660

Publisher Number:

99989246642