Climate change [electronic resource] : the fork at the end of now / Micha Tomkiewicz.

ISBN:

9781606502747

Title:

Author:

Tomkiewicz, M. (Micha)

Personal Author:

Tomkiewicz, M. (Micha)

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2011.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 296 pages) : illustrations, digital file

General Note:

Title from PDF title page (viewed May 28, 2011).

Contents:

List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- About the author -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The issues -- 3. History -- 4. The carbon cycle -- 5. Energy, temperature, entropy, and light -- 6. The greenhouse effect -- 7. Sun, water, and weather -- 8. Modeling -- 9. Human involvement, the separation of variables, and the IPAT identity -- 10. Fossil fuels -- 11. Alternative energy sources -- 12. The economic balance -- 13. Politics: global issues, local decisions -- 14. What can I do, and what can I learn from doing it -- 15. Early signs -- 16. The future, the past, and the Just World Hypothesis -- Notes -- Appendix 1. Units conversions and equivalencies -- Appendix 2. The periodic table of elements -- Appendix 3. International treaties -- Further reading -- Index.

Local Note:

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Subject Term:

Climatic changes.

Global warming.

Energy policy.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2011.

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Summary

There are many books on global warming written entirely from a layman's perspective, and there is a great deal of scientific literature on this subject. But few if any books attempt to bridge the science to those who lack a rigorous background in mathematics, physics and chemistry--but who may be working on careers in environmental science and policy. The new text is designed to introduce the field of global climate change from a scientific perspective--but written in a way that is accessible to students with some or little science background. It reviews the basic principles of climatic thermodynamics and atmospheric chemistry and then goes on to explain historic trends and changes due to the burning of fossil fuels and other human-based activity on earth. It includes loads of reference sources and citations from current political and scientific work will help students study further if they desire. Highlights include * A broad overview of the thermodynamics of climate, the biosphere and earth chemistry * An overview of climate data in the context of geological time * A clear explanation of the physics of the greenhouse effect--from black body radiation to heat trapping effects of CO2, methane and Nitrous Oxide * Modeling climate predictions * The economics of fuel choices in the broadest context of climate change * Appendices, including references and sources and current and proposed international climate treaties