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Introduction to modern climate change / Andrew Dessler, Texas A&M University.

By: Dessler, Andrew Emory.
Publisher: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2016Edition: Second edition.Description: xiii, 257 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107480674 (paperback).Subject(s): Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Government policy | Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Government policyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 551.6
Contents:
An introduction to the climate problem -- Is the climate changing? -- Radiation and energy balance -- A simple climate model -- The carbon cycle -- Forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity -- Why is the climate changing? -- Predictions of future climate change -- Impacts of climate change -- Exponential growth -- Fundamentals of climate change policy -- Mitigation policies -- A brief history of climate science and politics -- Putting it together : a long-term policy to address climate change.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the climate problem -- Is the climate changing? -- Radiation and energy balance -- A simple climate model -- The carbon cycle -- Forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity -- Why is the climate changing? -- Predictions of future climate change -- Impacts of climate change -- Exponential growth -- Fundamentals of climate change policy -- Mitigation policies -- A brief history of climate science and politics -- Putting it together : a long-term policy to address climate change.

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