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Global warming and climate change demystified / (Record no. 7925)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780071502405
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Transcribing agency KCST
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 551.6
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100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Silver, Jerry
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Global warming and climate change demystified /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jerry Silver
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. McGraw Hill;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 289 p.
440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Dymistified
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505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note <br/>Acknowledgments xiii <br/>Global Perspective---Thinking about the Earth<br/>1 (6)<br/>PART ONE WHAT WE KNOW AND HOW WE KNOW IT<br/>Taking the Earth's Temperature<br/>7 (26)<br/>Global Temperature Measurement---The Basics<br/>8 (2)<br/>How Is the Earth's Temperature Changing?<br/>10 (5)<br/>Going Back in Time---The Next Best Thing to Having a Thermometer<br/>15 (7)<br/>Different Places, Different Temperature Changes<br/>22 (5)<br/>What the Data Are Telling Us<br/>27 (1)<br/>Cause and Effect<br/>28 (1)<br/>Key Ideas<br/>28 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>29 (4)<br/>Signs of Global Warming<br/>33 (36)<br/>Direct and Indirect Evidence<br/>33 (1)<br/>The Oceans<br/>34 (7)<br/>Melting Ice and Snow<br/>41 (14)<br/>Impact on Wildlife---Some Examples<br/>55 (2)<br/>Wacky Weather<br/>57 (6)<br/>Key Ideas<br/>63 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>64 (5)<br/>PART TWO WHY CLIMATE CHANGES<br/>The Earth's Thermostat---Keeping the Earth Warm<br/>69 (38)<br/>The Earth's Orbit<br/>70 (1)<br/>How the Sun Warms the Earth<br/>71 (19)<br/>Natural Climate Cycles<br/>90 (11)<br/>Distribution of Heat around the Earth---Thermohaline Circulation and the Gulf Stream<br/>101 (2)<br/>Key Points<br/>103 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>104 (3)<br/>Greenhouse Chemistry<br/>107 (20)<br/>Gases in the Atmosphere<br/>108 (1)<br/>Generating Carbon Dioxide<br/>108 (3)<br/>Absorption of Light by Gases in the Atmosphere<br/>111 (3)<br/>Trace Gases with a Major Potential Impact<br/>114 (2)<br/>Carbon Sinks<br/>116 (1)<br/>Comparison of Fuels<br/>117 (3)<br/>The Effect of Increasing Concentration<br/>120 (1)<br/>Isotopes---Determining How Old Something Is<br/>121 (2)<br/>Key Ideas<br/>123 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>124 (3)<br/>Origin and Impact of Greenhouse Gases<br/>127 (24)<br/>What People Add to Nature's Greenhouse<br/>128 (7)<br/>How Do We Know Where the Greenhouse Gases Come From? Human Fingerprints versus Nature's Pawprints<br/>135 (2)<br/>How the Greenhouse Gases Affect the Atmosphere<br/>137 (4)<br/>Where the Human-Added Greenhouse Gases Come From<br/>141 (3)<br/>World Energy Use<br/>144 (2)<br/>Defining the Problem---Key Ideas<br/>146 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>147 (4)<br/>PART THREE WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AND WHAT WE CAN DO<br/>Consequences of Global Warming<br/>151 (34)<br/>Climate Models<br/>151 (6)<br/>How Much and How Soon Will Climate Change?<br/>157 (8)<br/>Impacts of Climate Change<br/>165 (2)<br/>Regional Climate Changes<br/>167 (3)<br/>Back to the Future---Will the Past Repeat Itself?<br/>170 (3)<br/>Results of Climate Models---Levels of Certainty<br/>173 (7)<br/>Key Ideas<br/>180 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>181 (4)<br/>Resetting the Earth's Thermostat---Solutions<br/>185 (46)<br/>Electrical Power: The Problem with Coal<br/>186 (17)<br/>Transportation---The Problem with Oil<br/>203 (7)<br/>Steps Toward a Solution<br/>210 (2)<br/>Stepping Up to the Plate---Taking Action<br/>212 (6)<br/>Emissions Trading---Cap and Trade<br/>218 (1)<br/>Turing Your Money ``Green''<br/>219 (1)<br/>Adaptation---Global Band-Aids<br/>219 (1)<br/>So Crazy It Just Might Work<br/>220 (3)<br/>What You Can Do---Individual Actions<br/>223 (2)<br/>Final Thoughts<br/>225 (1)<br/>Key Ideas<br/>226 (1)<br/>Review Questions<br/>227 (4)<br/>Final Exam 231 (16)<br/>Appendix A Glossary 247 (4)<br/>Appendix B Milestones in the History of Climate Change 251 (4)<br/>Appendix C Satellites That Monitor Weather and Climate 255 (4)<br/>Appendix D Units of Measurement Applied to Climate Change 259 (1)<br/>Temperature Units 260 (1)<br/>Measurement of Wavelength 260 (1)<br/>Energy and Power 260 (1)<br/>Examples of the Use of Prefixes 261 (2)<br/>Appendix E Selected Resources 263 (1)<br/>Publications 263 (1)<br/>Web Sites 263 (2)<br/>Appendix F Summary of Key Climate Variables 265 (4)<br/>Appendix G Lingering Doubts and Concerns 269 (4)<br/>Appendix H Answers to Chapter Review Questions 273 (2)<br/>Appendix I Answers to Final Exam 275 (2)<br/>Index 277
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Global warming
Form subdivision Popular works
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Climatic changes
Form subdivision Popular works
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