Experimenting on a small planet [electronic resource] : a history of scientific discoveries, a future of climate change and global warming / William W. Hay.
Hay, William W., 1934- author.
2016
QC981 .H39 2016eb
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Title Experimenting on a small planet [electronic resource] : a history of scientific discoveries, a future of climate change and global warming / William W. Hay.
Author Hay, William W., 1934- author.
Edition Second edition.
ISBN 9783319274041 (electronic book)
331927404X (electronic book)
9783319274027
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number QC981 .H39 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.6
Summary 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 2014. Numerous powerpoint slides allow lecturers and teachers to more effectively use the book as a basis for climate change education.
Note Includes indexes.
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Preface
Introduction
Intermezzo I. A Slightly Unusual Family
The Language Of Science
Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study
Applying Mathematics to Problems
Intermezzo III. Graduate study
Geologic Time
Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II
Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages
Intermezzo V. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland
and Europe
I
Documenting Past Climate Change
Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland
and Europe
II
The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun
The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound
Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall
The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun
Figuring Out What Light Really Is
The Academic Life
Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain
The Origins Of Climate Science
The Idea Of Energy Balance
Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East
The Climate System
Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968
What's At The Bottom Of Alice's Rabbit Hole
Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami
Energy From The Sun
Long-Term Variations
Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project
DSDP
Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays
Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES
Albedo
Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Air
Intermezzo XVI. The Cretaceous Puzzle
HOH
The Keystone Of Earth's Climate
Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean
The Atmosphere
Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising
Oxygen And Ozone
Products And Protectors of Life
Intermezzo XIX Building A Building
Water Vapor
The Major Greenhouse Gas
Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour
Carbon Dioxide
Intermezzo XXI Course Correction
Other Greenhouse Gases
Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times
The Coriolis Force
Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time
The Circulation Of Earth's Atmosphere
Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair
The Modern Ocean's General Circulation
Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in Moscow
1984
The Biological Interactions
Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume
Sea level
Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical
Global Climate Change
The (Geologically) Immediate Past
Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I
Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II
The Instrumental Temperature Record
Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III
The Near Future
Intermezzo XXXI Retirement
The Distant Future
Intermezzo XXXII.

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