Earth's Climate
Past and Future
3rd Edition
Published on 3. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
465 pages
978-1-4292-5525-7 (ISBN)
Description
At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.
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Edition
3rd ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
465 p.
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
877 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4292-5525-7 (9781429255257)
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Additional editions
Book
07/2017
3rd Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€105.50
Available immediately
Previous edition
William F. Ruddiman
Earth's Climate (Loose Leaf)
Loose-leaf edition
05/2009
2nd Edition
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
€120.07
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Person
William F. Ruddiman
Content
PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE 1. Overview of Climate Science 2. Earth's Climate System Today 3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models.- PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate 5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate 6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years .- PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation 9. Insolation Control of Monsoons 10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets 11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane 12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems .- PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE 13. The Last Glacial Maximum 14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation 15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate.- PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE 16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years18. Climate Changes Since 1850 - 19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years 20. Future Climatic Change.