Experimenting on a Small Planet A Scholarly Entertainment /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hay, William W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geology.; Historical geology.; Physical geography.; Nature.; Environment.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Historical Geology.

This book is an introduction to climate science and global change. It includes the scientific background in physics, chemistry and biology. The science chapters are interleaved with biographical material including personal reminiscences. The science chapters discuss the history of development of ide...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Language of Science
• Geologic Time
• Putting Numbers on Geologic Ages
• Discovering Past Climate Change
• The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun - The Analogies with Water Waves and Sound
• The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun - Figuring out what Light really is
• Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum
• The Origins of Climate Science - The Idea of Energy Balance
• The Climate System
• What's at the Bottom of Alice's Rabbit Hole?
• Energy from the Sun - Long-term Variations
• Solar Variability
• Albedo
• Air
• HOH - The Keystone of Earth's Climate
• Greenhouse Gasses
• The Circulation of Earth’s Atmosphere and Ocean
• The Biological Interactions
• Sea level
• Global Climate Change - the (Geologically) Immediate Past
• Is there an Analog for the Future Climate?
• The Instrumental Temperature Record
• What is Expected in the 21st Century
• Beyond 2100 - The Return to Warm Earth
• Titanic Timeline.