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Author: David Archer Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118687337 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 435
Book Description
Chosen for the 2011 ASLI Choice - Honorable Mention (History Category) for a compendium of the key scientific papers that undergird the global warming forecast. Global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times, but it is not widely appreciated that the foundations of our understanding were laid almost two centuries ago with the postulation of a greenhouse effect by Fourier in 1827. The sensitivity of climate to changes in atmospheric CO2 was first estimated about one century ago, and the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration was discovered half a century ago. The fundamentals of the science underlying the forecast for human-induced climate change were being published and debated long before the issue rose to public prominence in the last few decades. The Warming Papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast. The paper trail ranges from Fourier and Arrhenius in the 19th Century to Manabe and Hansen in modern times. Archer and Pierrehumbert provide introductions and commentary which places the papers in their context and provide students with tools to develop and extend their understanding of the subject. The book captures the excitement and the uncertainty that always exist at the cutting edge of research, and is invaluable reading for students of climate science, scientists, historians of science, and others interested in climate change.
Author: David Archer Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118687337 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 435
Book Description
Chosen for the 2011 ASLI Choice - Honorable Mention (History Category) for a compendium of the key scientific papers that undergird the global warming forecast. Global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times, but it is not widely appreciated that the foundations of our understanding were laid almost two centuries ago with the postulation of a greenhouse effect by Fourier in 1827. The sensitivity of climate to changes in atmospheric CO2 was first estimated about one century ago, and the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration was discovered half a century ago. The fundamentals of the science underlying the forecast for human-induced climate change were being published and debated long before the issue rose to public prominence in the last few decades. The Warming Papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast. The paper trail ranges from Fourier and Arrhenius in the 19th Century to Manabe and Hansen in modern times. Archer and Pierrehumbert provide introductions and commentary which places the papers in their context and provide students with tools to develop and extend their understanding of the subject. The book captures the excitement and the uncertainty that always exist at the cutting edge of research, and is invaluable reading for students of climate science, scientists, historians of science, and others interested in climate change.
Author: Joshua P. Howe Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 0295741406 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 380
Book Description
This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate change, including congressional testimony, scientific papers, newspaper editorials, court cases, and international declarations. Far more than just a compendium of source materials, the book uses these documents as a way to think about history, while at the same time using history as a way to approach the politics of climate change from a new perspective. Making Climate Change History provides the necessary background to give readers the opportunity to pose critical questions and create plausible answers to help them understand climate change in its historical context; it also illustrates the relevance of history to building effective strategies for dealing with the climatic challenges of the future.
Author: Norman J. Rosenberg Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317332504 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 182
Book Description
Originally published in 1989, Greenhouse Warming combines papers presented at a workshop held in 1987 to discuss climate change. This study identifies ways that climate impacts upon agriculture, forestry and water resources in order to advise on safeguarding against drought, flood and extreme cold as well as what policies can be implemented to adapt to the probable physical and socioeconomic impacts of climate change. This study will be of interest to students of environmental studies.
Author: Peter Fong Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 9814479721 Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
This book is a rebuttal of the common belief that grave environmental consequences are associated with the issues of global warming and nuclear hazards. Firstly, it is argued that after 25 years of research no-one has actually found evidence for greenhouse warming. Instead, the heat has caused the evaporation of ocean water to increase cloud coverage, reflecting more sunlight away, cooling down the earth and nullifying the effects of greenhouse warming. The author describes this revolution in climatology through new scientific discoveries that solve the longstanding mystery of the ice ages and explain the enigma of the missing greenhouse heat. The solution of the ice age problem is a far most important scientific accomplishment. In the second part of the book, the author argues that the effects of low-level radiation can be beneficial rather than damaging. Evidence is presented proving that low-level radiation in the US from both natural sources and human activities such as nuclear bombs tests actually reduces death rates from cancer and other diseases and increases longevity. In the Indian State of Kerala life span has been shown to increase 10.5 years due to the natural radiation from thorium mines. The book proposes that primitive life forms must have developed immune systems to counter the harmful effects of natural radioactivity and that low-level radiation from nuclear waste may one day be transformed from trash to treasure. Nature has always been kind to humans. But our self-aggrandizing species has mistaken blessings for disasters and spoiled the otherwise splendid 20th century. Contents:Greenhouse Warming and Nuclear Hazards:Three Smoking Guns Prove the Falsity of Greenhouse WarmingNuclear Waste Disposal, from Trash to TreasureCancer Death Rates of 50 States of US Related to Natural and Nuclear-Bomb-Test-Induced Low Level RadiationGreenhouse Warming:Latent Heat of Melting and Its Importance for Glaciation CyclesOrigin of Ice Ages: Initial Condition Forcing and DynamicsUnraveling a Century's Mystery of the Ice AgesThe Fourth Phase of Water and the Theories of Greenhouse Effects and Ice Age Glacial CyclesResearch Papers on Nuclear Hazards:The Ultimate Direct Measurement of Low Level Radiation EffectsLong Life Expectancy as the Beneficial Effect of Low RadiationLow Level Radiation Extends Life Span by Cutting Death Rates of Disease Including Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, etc.Reexamining Nuclear Energy Safety Readership: Undergraduates and general public. Keywords:Greenhouse Effect;Global Warming;Environment;Energy Nuclear;Cancer;Ageing;Ice Age;Climate;Thermodynamics
Author: Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association). Therapeutic Research Committee Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 162
Author: David Archer
Author: David Archer
Author: David Archer
Author: Joshua P. Howe
Author: Norman J. Rosenberg
Author: Sin-yan Shen
Author: Peter Fong
Author: Song Yang
Author: Thomas Chambers Hine
Author: Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association). Therapeutic Research Committee
Author: Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)