The Nature and Causes of Climate Change
Assessing the Long Term Future
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 15. June 1992
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-471-94611-3 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of the book is to examine the evidence of the last million years to determine naturally-induced mechanisms of climate change as a key to understanding present and future dimensions of change, both natural and anthropogenic. Climate change is examined both regionally and globally. The time cycles are short, medium and long-term. Particular attention is paid to the interplay of natural and human factors in greenhouse gas forcing, but other mechanisms of change such as orbital forcing are fully considered as well as the impact of climate change on sea-level and regional climates.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
over 40 illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94611-3 (9780471946113)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
all from the Climactic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Content
Long term climate change - orbital forcing; short-term climate change; anthropogenic greenhouse gas-induced warming; natural vs anthropogenic forcing; sea level change; regional sequences of past climate; climate reconstructures of the last glacial-interglacial cycle; models of future climate; future environment - the uncertainties.