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Silver, Jerry. Global Warming and Climate Change Demystified. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008.

Global Warming and Climate Change Demystified

Authors: Jerry Silver

Published:  January 2008

eISBN: 9780071601184 007160118X | ISBN: 9780071502405
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  • Cover
  • About the Author
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Global Perspective—Thinking about the Earth
  • Part One: What We Know and How We Know It
  • Chapter 2 Taking the Earth’s Temperature
  • Global Temperature Measurement—The Basics
  • How Is the Earth’s Temperature Changing?
  • Going Back in Time—The Next Best Thing to Having a Thermometer
  • Different Places, Different Temperature Changes
  • What the Data Are Telling Us
  • Cause and Effect
  • Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Chapter 3 Signs of Global Warming
  • Direct and Indirect Evidence
  • The Oceans
  • Melting Ice and Snow
  • Impact on Wildlife—Some Examples
  • Wacky Weather
  • Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Part Two: Why Climate Changes
  • Chapter 4 The Earth’s Thermostat—Keeping the Earth Warm
  • The Earth’s Orbit
  • How the Sun Warms the Earth
  • Natural Climate Cycles
  • Distribution of Heat around the Earth—Thermohaline Circulation and the Gulf Stream
  • Key Points
  • Review Questions
  • Chapter 5 Greenhouse Chemistry
  • Gases in the Atmosphere
  • Generating Carbon Dioxide
  • Absorption of Light by Gases in the Atmosphere
  • Trace Gases with a Major Potential Impact
  • Carbon Sinks
  • Comparison of Fuels
  • The Effect of Increasing Concentration
  • Isotopes—Determining How Old Something Is
  • Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Chapter 6 Origin and Impact of Greenhouse Gases
  • What People Add to Nature’s Greenhouse
  • How Do We Know Where the Greenhouse Gases Come From? Human Fingerprints versus Nature’s Pawprints
  • How the Greenhouse Gases Affect the Atmosphere
  • Where the Human-Added Greenhouse Gases Come From
  • World Energy Use
  • Defining the Problem—Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Part Three: What We Can Expect and What We Can Do
  • Chapter 7 Consequences of Global Warming
  • Climate Models
  • How Much and How Soon Will Climate Change?
  • Impacts of Climate Change
  • Regional Climate Changes
  • Back to the Future—Will the Past Repeat Itself?
  • Results of Climate Models—Levels of Certainty
  • Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Chapter 8 Resetting the Earth’s Thermostat—Solutions
  • Electrical Power: The Problem with Coal
  • Transportation—The Problem with Oil
  • Steps Toward a Solution
  • Stepping Up to the Plate—Taking Action
  • Emissions Trading—Cap and Trade
  • Turning Your Money “Green”
  • Adaptation—Global Band-Aids
  • So Crazy It Just Might Work
  • What You Can Do—Individual Actions
  • Final Thoughts
  • Key Ideas
  • Review Questions
  • Final Exam
  • Appendix A: Glossary
  • A
  • C
  • E
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • Appendix B: Milestones in the History of Climate Change
  • Appendix C: Satellites That Monitor Weather and Climate
  • Appendix D: Units of Measurement Applied to Climate Change
  • Temperature Units
  • Measurement of Wavelength
  • Energy and Power
  • Examples of the Use of Prefixes
  • Appendix E: Selected Resources
  • Publications
  • Web Sites
  • Appendix F: Summary of Key Climate Variables
  • Appendix G: Lingering Doubts and Concerns
  • Appendix H: Answers to Chapter Review Questions
  • Appendix I: Answers to Final Exam
  • Index