Description
Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Third Edition, brings together top global researchers across many disciplines to provide a comprehensive review on the complex issue of climate change and weather patterns. The third edition continues its tradition of focusing on the science and evidence on this highly politicized topic. Every chapter is updated, with this new edition featuring new chapters on topics such as glacier melt, the impacts of rising temperatures, extreme weather, modeling techniques, biodiversity, and more. This book is essential for researchers, environmental managers, engineers, and those whose work is impacted by, or tied to, climate change and global warming.- Provides a comprehensive resource on climate change and weather patterns, ranging from causes and indicators to modeling and adaptation- Covers the Jet Stream, catastrophic modeling, extreme weather, the carbon cycle, socioeconomic impacts, biological diversity, deforestation and global temperature- Contains 25 updated chapters and 10 new chapters, all written by global experts who provide a current overview of the state of knowledge on climate change across a wide array of disciplines
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION1. Climate Change: A complex problem2. The Role of Atmospheric Gases in Climate ChangePART 2: TOOLS USED TO INVESTIGE AND PREDICT CLIMATE CHANGE3. Climate Change through Earth's History4. Numerical Modelling of the Global Climate and Carbon-cycle SystemPART 3: INDICATORS5. Global Surface Temperatures and Climate Change6. Sea Ice and Climate Change7. Antarctic Sea Ice Changes and their Implications8. Land Ice: indicator and integrator of Climate Change9. Glaciers and Climate Change 10.Poleward Expansion of the Atmospheric Circulation and Climate Change11. Rising Sea levels and Climate Change12. Ocean Current Changes13. Ocean Acidification and Climate Change14. Permafrost and Climate Change15. The Jet Stream and Climate Change16. Extreme Weather and Climate Change17. Bird Ecology and Climate Change18. Insect Communities and Climate Change19. Sea Life, Pelagic Ecosystems, and Climate Change20. Changes in Coral Reef Ecosystems as a result of Climate Change21. Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change22. Intertidal Indicators of Climate and Global Change23. Lichens and Climate Change24. Plant Pathogens as Indicators of Climate Change25. Invasive Plants and Climate Change26. Biological Diversity and Climate Change27.The Role of Forests in the Carbon Cycle and Climate ChangePART 4: OTHER POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO CLIMATE CHANGE28. The Variation of the Earth's Movements (orbital, tilt and precession) and Climate Change29. The Role of Volcanic Activity in Climate and Global Change30. Atmospheric Aerosols and their Role in Climate Change31. Climate Change and Agriculture32. Widespread surface solar radiation changes and their effects on the Climate: dimming and brightening33. Space Weather and Cosmic Ray effects and Climate ChangePART 5: SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE34. Engineering Aspects of Climate Change35. Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
