Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth /: observed impacts on planet Earth. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Trevor Letcher.
• Editors: Letcher, T. M (Trevor M.)
• Contents: PART 1: A GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE 1. A Geological History of Climate Change PART 2: INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 2. Global Surface Temperature- including Sea Temperature 3. Arctic Sea Ice 4. Antarctic Sea ice 5. Land Ice 6. Atmospheric Circulation 7. Weather Patterns 8. Bird Ecology 9. Mammal Ecology 10. Insect Communities 11. Sea Life (Pelagic and Planktonic) 12. Coral Reefs 13. Marine Biodiversity 14. Intertidal Indicators 15. Plant Ecology 16. Rising Sea levels 17. Ocean Currents 18. Ocean Acidification 19. Lichens 20. Coastline Degradation 21. Plant Pathogens PART 3: MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE 22. Statistical modelling of climate change 23. A modelling perspective of Future Climate PART 4: POSSIBLE ROLES IN CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE 24. The Role of Atmospheric Gases in Global Warming 25. The Variation of the Earth’s Movements (orbital, tilt and precession 26. Volcanic Activity 27. Aerosols and Carbon Black particles in the Atmosphere 28. Agricultural Practices 29. Changes in the Sun’s radiation 30. Space Weather and Cosmic Ray effects PART 5: ENGINEERING AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE OR DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE 31. Engineering Aspects of Global Change 32. How Forest Managers Are Adapting to Climate Change: Science, Policy and Practice 33. Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 551.6; Climatic changes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780444635358
• Related ISBNs: 9780444635242
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