Experimenting on a Small Planet A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hay, William W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Climate change.; Historical geology.; Nature.; Environment.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Historical Geology.

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to unde...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Intermezzo I. A Slightly Unusual Family
• The Language Of Science
• Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study
• Applying Mathematics to Problems
• Intermezzo III. Graduate study
• Geologic Time
• Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II
• Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages
• Intermezzo V. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe – I
• Documenting Past Climate Change
• Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe  -  II
• The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun – The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound
• Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall
• The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun – Figuring Out What Light Really Is
• The Academic Life
• Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain
• The Origins Of Climate Science - The Idea Of Energy Balance
• Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East
• The Climate System
• Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968
• What’s At The Bottom Of Alice’s Rabbit Hole
• Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami
• Energy From The Sun - Long-Term Variations
• Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project – DSDP
• Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays
• Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES
• Albedo
• Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Air
• Intermezzo XVI.  The Cretaceous Puzzle
• HOH - The Keystone Of Earth’s Climate
• Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean
• The Atmosphere
• Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising
• Oxygen And Ozone — Products And Protectors of Life.-  Intermezzo XIX Building A Building
• Water Vapor — The Major Greenhouse Gas
• Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour
• Carbon Dioxide
• Intermezzo XXI Course Correction
• Other Greenhouse Gases
• Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times
• The Coriolis Force
• Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time
• The Circulation Of Earth’s Atmosphere
• Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair
• The Modern Ocean’s General Circulation
• Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in  Moscow – 1984
• The Biological Interactions
• Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume
• Sea level
• Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical
• Global Climate Change - The (Geologically) Immediate Past
• Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I
• Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II
• The Instrumental Temperature Record
• Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III
• The Near Future
• Intermezzo XXXI Retirement
• The Distant Future
• Intermezzo XXXII.