The climate question : natural cycles, human impact, future outlook

• Main Author: Rohling, Eelco J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2019]
• Subjects: Climatic changes.; Climatic changes > History.; Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.; Climatology > Forecasting.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780190910884; 0190910887; 9780190910877; 0190910879
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 162 pages)

This book discusses in straightforward terms why climate changes, how it has changed naturally before the industrial revolution made humans important, and how it has changed since then. It compares the scale and rapidity of variations in pre-industrial times with those since the industrial revolutio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Past climates : how we get our data
• Energy balance of climate
• Causes of climate change
• Changes during the industrial age
• Mother nature to the rescue?
• Summary
• Epilogue
• Glossary.