30-Second Climate
The 50 most topical events, measures and conditions, each explained in half a minute
Published on 14. March 2019
160 pages
978-1-78240-802-4 (ISBN)
Description
Weather and climate are not the same. Weather is what occurs outdoors on a daily basis and is unpredictable from one week to the next, whereas climate follows a stable pattern that is developed over centuries. The planet is divided into climate zones-tropical, temperate and polar-based on temperature differences with distance from the equator where the sun is most intense and temperature affects humidity, precipitation, cloudiness and wind. To understand what drives our climate, scientists study the atmosphere, the oceans, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. 30-Second Climate is an immediately accessible guide to the 50 key factors affecting Earth's climate, past, present and future, each explained in half a minute. From atmospheric circulation to zero carbon, this is the quickest way to know your planet.
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English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
32,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78240-802-4 (9781782408024)
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Joanna D. Haigh
30-Second Climate
The 50 most topical events, measures and conditions, each explained in half a minute
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03/2019
Ivy Press
€38.59
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Joanna D. Haigh CBE FRS is Professor of Atmospheric Physics and co-Director of the Grantham Institute (Climate Change and the Environment) at Imperial College London. She has been fascinated by weather since childhood and has been lucky enough to follow a career in meteorology. Her particular expertise is in how solar and heat radiation interact with the atmosphere and in the physics of climate change.
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Earth's Climate System
- GLOSSARY
- Climate Components
- Global Circulation of Atmosphere
- Global Circulation of the Oceans
- Climate Types
- Profile: Wladimir Köppen
- Air Masses & Fronts
- Climate Patterns
- Heating & Cooling
- GLOSSARY
- The Earth's Radiation Balance
- Solar Radiation
- Profile: John Tyndall
- Heat Radiation & the Greenhouse Effect
- Effects of Clouds & Particles
- Heating Rates & Atmospheric Temperatures
- Temperature Cycles - Diurnal & Seasonal
- Water
- GLOSSARY
- The Hydrological Cycle
- Water Vapour & Humidity
- Clouds & Storms
- Precipitation
- Profile: Stepan Makarov
- Deserts
- Sea Ice
- Glaciers & Ice Sheets
- Life & Biogeochemical Cycles
- GLOSSARY
- The Biosphere
- Ecosystems
- Forests
- Microclimates
- Urban Climate
- The Carbon Cycle
- Profile: Charles David Keeling
- Observations & Modelling
- GLOSSARY
- Weather Stations
- Satellites
- Balloons, Aircraft & Rockets
- Climate Models
- Profile: Syukuro Manabe
- Data Collation
- Data Curation
- Changing Climate
- GLOSSARY
- Palaeoclimate
- Solar Effects on Climate
- Volcanic Effects on Climate
- Global Warming
- Profile: Guy Stewart Callendar
- Climate-Forcing Factors & Radiative Forcing
- Climate Sensitivity
- Extreme Events
- Sea Level
- Ocean Acidity
- The Impact on Natural Systems
- The Impact on Human Systems
- The Future
- GLOSSARY
- Climate Predictions
- Towards Zero Carbon
- Energy Generation
- Nuclear Power
- Transmission & Storage of Energy
- Consumption of Energy
- Profile: The IPCC
- Geoengineering
- International Collaboration
- Resources
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J,K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
- Acknowledgements
