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This topical textbook provides a bridge between technical and popular texts on global warming within the broader context of climate change. Written at an introductory level, it explains the interacting components of this system : what the greenhouse effect is; and how scientists seek to predict climate change. It makes accessible the technical and heavy science literature to the 'non-science' student.Global warming is one of the major environmental problems facing the world today. But it is an issue surrounded by great contention because it is based largely on scientific prediction and has yet to be proven. Opinion is divided regarding whether global warming will occur and, if it does, what the effects will be. In order to appreciate the uncertainties surrounding this issue, it is necessary to understand the workings of the climate system and the methods by which scientists seek to predict climate change.'Global Warming' aims to make accessible the heavily technical literature to the non-science student, providing a bridge between the highly scientific and the popular non-academic texts. Placing global warming within the broader context of climate change, this textbook details the interacting components of the climatic system, reviewing the importance of changing carbon dioxide levels for the evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and climate. Utilising observed and modelled data, it presents the latest evidence for and against global warming whilst highlighting the difficulties involved with analysing both types of data and introducing areas of controversy within research. The book also addresses the important problem of making policy decisions for the future, based on the uncertain science of global warming.

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9780340653029
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978-0340653029
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May 26, 2000
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6.14 x 0.65 x 9.21 inches
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Intended as a college-level text for geoscience majors, this book provides extensive and detailed coverage of both the science and policy aspects of global warming and climate change. For a full understanding, a prior background in basic physics and chemistry would be helpful. Though the treatment is descriptive rather than mathematical, algebra and trigonometry do put in the occasional appearance.

Good points: clearly written; well illustrated; complete list of references at the chapter ends; adequate index; where there are conflicting scientific theories, both are described.

Bad points: since climate science advances very quickly, the book being published in 2000 is somewhat dated, although still very good for fundamentals; poor equation typesetting; no exercises or problem sets (or is that a good point?).

Additional features: list of acronyms and abbreviations; glossary; list of useful websites (most still active at time of this writing).

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THE DESPARATE NEED FOR TRULY SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES WITH VERIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2006

This book is very slow reading. The author is English and uses expressions unique to the English. He appears to presume a knowledge by readers of prior publications on the subject. He includes comments, rather blindly, that indicate he believes that global warming is primarily caused by man without any verification or explanation. Perhaps, in the second half of the book, presuming I will continue, he will become more scientific and pursuasive.

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Reviewed in Germany on December 27, 2005

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Ich habe mir das Buch besorgt, weil es im Literaturverzeichnis zu Michael Crichtons "State of Fear" (dt. "Welt in Angst") empfohlen wurde.
Zunächst werden die Bestandteile des Wettersystems (u. a. Land, Atmosphäre, Ozean, Polareis) sowie der Temperaturausgleich zwischen diesen (beispielsweise über Winde und Meeresströmungen) beschrieben. Für mich war dabei neu, dass es auch im Nordatlantik so etwas wie "El Nino" gibt und dieses Phänomen dafür verantwortlich ist, ob die europäischen Winter warm oder kalt sind. Für jeden Bestandteil wird beschrieben, wie lange er für eine Reaktion auf Änderungen in anderen Bestandteilen benötigt (bis zu Zehntausenden von Jahren beim antarktischen Inlandeis).
Danach wird das Urklima der Erde mit dem von Mars und Venus verglichen und der Unterschied u. a. mit dem Anteil des CO2 in der Atmosphäre erklärt.
Darauf folgt eine genauere Klimageschichte der letzten Jahrtausende. Daraus sieht man, dass es im Mittelalter wärmer und im 19. Jahrhundert kälter war als heute (so genannte "Kleine Eiszeit"). Die Einflüsse der Sonne und der Umlaufbahn der Erde sorgen periodisch für Eiszeiten; die genauen Gründe bleiben aber unbekannt. Es zeigt sich, dass wir im Moment am Ende einer Warmperiode innerhalb eines Eiszeitalters sind.
Die Beschreibung des aktuell beobachteten Temperaturanstiegs nimmt breiten Raum ein. Obwohl am Ende der Anstieg des CO2-Gehalts in der Atmosphäre dafür verantwortlich gemacht wird, können für den Temperaturanstieg auch andere Erklärungen in Betracht gezogen werden: Sonne, Verstädterungseffekt, El Nino usw. Der genaue Anteil der Verursacher am Temperaturanstieg ist weiterhin unbekannt. Neben CO2 gibt es noch andere Treibhausgase: Wasser(dampf), Methan (verursacht von Tieren, Sümpfen, Reisanbau) und Stickstoffverbindungen (aus der Landwirtschaft). Man konzentriert sich jedoch auf die von der Industrie verursachten Schadstoffe (CO2, saurer Regen). Leider ist saurer Regen jedoch ein Aerosol und kühlt deshalb das Klima in unbekanntem Maße ab. (Deshalb kann man leider nicht sagen, ob der Zusammenbruch der Industrien des Ostblocks für das Klima gut oder schlecht war: Weniger CO2 kühlt das Klima ab, aber weniger Ruß und saurer Regen heizen es auf.)
Darauf folgt eine Beschreibung und Bewertung der zur Vorhersage des Treibhauseffektes benutzten Klimamodelle. Diese sind wegen der oben beschriebenen Probleme und interner Schwierigkeiten (u. a. Wechselwirkung zwischen Ozean und Atmosphäre, Wirkung des Klimawandels auf Wolken) immer noch sehr ungenau. Die Vorhersagen schwanken um mehrere Grad Celsius und müssen z. T. von Hand verschlimmbessert werden, um wenigstens halbwegs korrekte Nahvoraussagen zu erhalten. Hier scheint noch viel Forschung nötig zu sein.
Die letzten Kapitel beschäftigen sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft und zeigen auf, was zur Verhinderung des Klimawandels getan werden muss. Allerdings sind auch diese Empfehlungen wegen besagter Mess- und Modellierungsprobleme nicht endgültig. Man muss aber schon jetzt auf Effizienzsteigerungen und Energiesparen dringen; spätere Maßnahmen könnten sehr viel teurer und rigoroser werden.
Das Buch kann ich jedem empfehlen, der eine wissenschaftliche Einführung in das Thema "Klimawandel" benötigt. Es wird immer alles von mehreren Seiten betrachtet und die Kritiker kommen auch zu Wort.

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