| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02974cam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
9780231146425 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
0231146426 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC981.8.C5 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
551.6 M4299c 2009 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mathez, Edmond A. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Climate change |
| Remainder of title |
the science of global warming and our energy future |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Edmond A. Mathez ; student companion by Jason E. Smerdon. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Columbia University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent/Page number |
xvii, 318 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
27 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted Contents Note |
1. Climate in context -- Weather and climate -- The climate system -- Climate change : separating facts from fears -- The story -- 2. The character of the atmosphere -- The structure and composition of the atmosphere -- The circulation of the atmosphere -- Some climate phenomena -- Ozone : a stratosphere story -- Perspective -- 3. The world ocean -- The important properties of water -- The ocean's layered structure -- The ocean's surface currents -- Global flows of water through the ocean and atmosphere -- The ocean-atmosphere interaction of El Niño-Southern oscillation -- Perspective -- 4. The carbon cycle and how it influences climate -- Reservoirs of carbon -- The carbon cycle -- The acidification of the ocean -- Perspective : uncertainties in the carbon cycle -- 5. A scientific framework for thinking about climate change -- Energy balance -- Radiative forcing -- The greenhouse effect -- Aerosols -- Changes in land use -- Natural forcings -- Important features of the climate system -- Perspective -- 6. Learning from climates past -- A Lesson from the distant past : the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum -- The Ice Age -- Fluctuations in ancient climate -- The climate of the past 100,000 years -- The climate of the Holocene : the past 12,000 years -- Lessons learned -- 7. A century of warming and some consequences -- A century of warming and its causes -- Precipitation and drought -- Severe storms and other extreme events -- More lessons from the American West : ecosystem responses -- Perspective -- 8. More consequences : the sensitive Arctic and sea-level rise -- The shrinking Arctic Ice Cap -- Melting permafrost and changing tundra -- Ice loss beyond the Arctic and sea-level rise -- Lessons for sea-level rise from the most recent interglacial period -- 9. Climate models and the future -- What are climate models? -- Are climate models credible? -- Simulating the twentieth century : Anthropogenic versus natural causes of climate change -- Peering into the future -- Perspective -- 10. Energy and the future -- Coal : a vast enterprise -- The nuclear option -- Wind and solar power : icons for the future -- Solutions -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Student companion -- Index. |
| 526 ## - STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTE |
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| PROGRAM TYPE |
Natural Science (Mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, paleontology, biology, zoology, and botany) |
| SUB-PROGRAM TYPE |
Geology, hydrology, meteorology |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climatic changes. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Global warming. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS |
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Book |
