Carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and adaptation / David A.N. Ussiri, Rattan Lal.
Ussiri, David, author.; Lal, R., author.
2017
TD171.75
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Title Carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and adaptation / David A.N. Ussiri, Rattan Lal.
Author Ussiri, David, author.
ISBN 9783319538457 (electronic book)
3319538454 (electronic book)
9783319538433
3319538438
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53845-7
Published Cham : Springer, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 549 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-53845-7 doi
Call Number TD171.75
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.738747
Summary This volume sets out the scientific basis for the current understanding of climate change. It synthesizes and collates an extensive scientific knowledge to show why climate is changing, and the consequences of those changes. Starting with global carbon cycling over geological history of the Earth, the behavior of the carbon cycle is traced back millions of years prior to human influence and shows that the current atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is unprecedented, which cannot be found in geological records of at least the past two million years. This book sets the foundation for understanding the contemporary carbon cycling, and shows that the contemporary carbon cycling cannot be isolated from geologic history of carbon cycle. This volume also describes the role of carbon sequestration – both natural ecological, engineered and geoengineered options – for mitigating the increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration. The role of emerging chemical sequestration and climate engineering as future alternatives to avoid dangerous temperature increase are explored. Although the targeted audience is the educators, students, researchers and scientific community, the simplified analysis and synthesis of current and up to date scientific literature makes the volume easier to understand and a tool policy makers can use to make an informed policy decisions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: Climate Overview; Abstract; 1.1 Weather and Climate; 1.2 Solar Radiation and Climate; 1.2.1 Radiation Balance of Earth and Atmosphere; 1.3 Greenhouse Effect; 1.3.1 The Natural Greenhouse Effect; 1.3.2 Discovery of the Science of Greenhouse Effect; 1.3.3 Enhanced Greenhouse Effect; 1.4 Natural Versus Anthropogenic Climate Change; 1.4.1 Climate System; 1.4.1.1 Atmosphere; 1.4.1.2 Hydrosphere; 1.4.1.3 Cryosphere; 1.4.1.4 Lithosphere; 1.4.1.5 Biosphere; 1.4.2 Climate Change; 1.5 Conclusions; References; 2 Variability and Change in Climate; Abstract

2.1 Introduction2.2 Radiative Forcing; 2.3 Detection and Attribution of Climate Change; 2.4 Climate Change; 2.4.1 Signs of Changing Climate; 2.4.2 Climate Change Metrics; 2.4.2.1 Global Warming Potential; 2.4.2.2 Global Temperature Change Potential; 2.5 Conclusions; References; 3 Introduction to Global Carbon Cycling: An Overview of the Global Carbon Cycle; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Photosynthesis and Respiration; 3.3 Timescales and Modes of the Carbon Cycle; 3.4 Introduction to Carbon Budget; 3.4.1 Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Methane Concentrations

3.4.2 Impacts of Changing Global Carbon Cycle3.5 Global Warming; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 The Global Carbon Inventory; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Atmospheric Carbon Inventory; 4.2.1 Carbon Dioxide; 4.2.2 Methane; 4.2.3 Other Trace Compounds; 4.2.4 Sinks; 4.3 Carbon Inventory of the Biosphere and Soils; 4.4 Carbon Inventory of the Oceans; 4.5 Carbon Inventory of the Lithosphere; 4.6 Conclusions; References; 5 Historical Perspectives of the Global Carbon Cycle; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mechanisms of Geologic Carbon Cycling; 5.2.1 Timescales of Carbon Cycling

5.2.1.1 The Short-Term Carbon Cycling5.2.1.2 The Long-Term Geologic Carbon Cycling; Mechanisms of Long-Term Geologic Carbon Cycle Change; Processes of Long-Term Carbon Cycling; The Silicate-Carbonate Weathering-Decarbonation Cycle; 5.2.2 The Carbonate Weathering-Sedimentation; 5.2.3 The Organic Carbon Production-Consumption Oxidation Cycle; 5.3 Geologic Carbon Cycling Evidence from Geological Proxy Data; 5.4 Precambrian History of Carbon Cycling; 5.5 Carbon Cycling During Phanerozoic; 5.6 Carbon Cycling During Cenozoic; 5.6.1 Carbon Cycling and Climate of the Early Cenozoic

5.6.2 Carbon Cycling and Climate of the Warmer Greenhouse World5.6.3 Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Event; 5.7 Carbon Cycling and Climate of the Cool Icehouse World; 5.7.1 Transition to Glaciation in Northern Hemisphere; 5.7.2 Carbon Cycle Variations During Glacial-Interglacial Cycles; 5.8 The Last Glacial Termination and Holocene Carbon Cycle Variations; 5.9 Carbon Cycling During the Most Recent Past; 5.10 Conclusions; References; 6 The Modern Carbon Cycle; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Natural Global Carbon Cycle Before the Anthropogenic Influence

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