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Experimenting on a Small Planet A History of Scientific Discoveries a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming 3rd Edition by William Hay ISBN 9783030763398 3030763390

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Author(s): William W. Hay

ISBN(s): 9783030763398, 3030763390

Edition: 3

File Details: PDF, 100.18 MB

Year: 2021

Language: English

SKU: EB-34971522 Category: Science (General) Tag: William W. Hay

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ISBN 10: 3030763390
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Author: William Hay

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today’s changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand uncontrolled experiment which is leading to unanticipated changes. We follow the twisting path of seemingly unrelated discoveries in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and even mathematics to learn how they led to our present knowledge of how our planet works. He explains why the weather is becoming increasingly chaotic as our planet warms at a rate far faster than at any time in its geologic past. He speculates on possible future outcomes, and suggests that nature itself may make some unexpected course corrections. Although the book is written for the layman with little knowledge of science or mathematics, it includes information from many diverse fields to provide even those actively working in the field of climatology with a broader view of this developing drama. Experimenting on a Small Planet is a must read for anyone having more than a casual interest in global warming and climate change – one of the most important and challenging issues of our time. This new edition includes actual data from climate science into 2021. Numerous Powerpoint slides can be downloaded to allow lecturers and teachers to more effectively use the book as a basis for climate change education.

Experimenting on a Small Planet A History of Scientific Discoveries a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming 3rd Edition Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. Discovering Climate

3. The Language of Science

4. Applying Mathematics to Problems

5. Geologic Time

6. Putting Numbers on Geologic Ages

7. Documenting Past Climate Change

8. The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun—The Analogies with Water Waves and Sound

9. The Nature of Energy Received from the Sun—Figuring Out What Light Really Is

10. Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum

11. The Origins of Climate Science—The Idea of Energy Balance

12. The Climate System

13. What Is at the Bottom of Alice’s Rabbit Hole?

14. Energy from the Sun—Long-Term Variations

15. Solar Variability and Cosmic Rays

16. Albedo

17. Air

18. HoH—The Keystone of Earth’s Climate

19. The Atmosphere

20. Oxygen and Ozone—Products and Protectors of Life

21. Water Vapor—The Major Greenhouse Gas

22. Carbon Dioxide

23. Other Greenhouse Gases

24. The Earth is a Sphere and Rotates

25. The Coriolis Effect

26. The Circulation of Earth’s Atmosphere

27. The Circulation of Earth’s Oceans

28. The Biological Interactions

29. Sea Level

30. Global Climate Change—The Geologically Immediate Past

31. Human Impacts on the Environment and Climate

32. Predictions of the Future of Humanity

33. Is There an Analog for the Future Climate?

34. The Instrumental Temperature Record

35. The Changing Climate of the Polar Regions

36. Global, Regional, and Local Effects of Our Changing Climate

37. Final Thoughts

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