Climate Change: What The Science Tells Us

Wiley

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UPC:
9781118793060
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10/30/2018
Author:
Fletcher, Chip
Language:
English: Published; English: Original Language; English
Edition:
2
Pages:
352
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This book introduces climate change fundamentals and essential concepts that reveal the extent of the damage, the impacts felt around the globe, and the innovation and leadership it will take to bring an end to the status quo. Emphasizing peer-reviewed literature, this text details the impact of climate change on land and sea, the water cycle, human communities, the weather, and humanitys collective future. Coverage of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmospheric processes, Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimate, sea levels, and other fundamental topics provide a deep understanding of key mechanisms, while discussion of extreme weather, economic impacts, and resource scarcity reveals how climate change is already impacting peoples livesand will continue to do so at an increasing rate for the foreseeable future.