ABSTRACT
Climatic change, now more than ever in this age of global warming, is seen as fundamental to the study of the environment. This text examines the importance of climate as one of the major forcing functions in the global environmental change process. It emphasizes both human-induced climatic change and natural climatic change, providing a comprehensive historical context and important projections for the future. It offers a thorough, up-to-date, critical overview of the physical science behind global warming concerns.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|82 pages
Introduction
part 2|101 pages
Climatic change
chapter 7|24 pages
Response of the carbon cycle and other biogeochemical cycles
Translating emissions of GHGs and aerosols into concentrations and radiative forcing
part 3|23 pages
The science–policy interface