Daniel Bedford (USA Weber State University), John Cook (Australia University of Queensland)

Climate Change

Examining the Facts

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Produktbeschreibung

Climate change is one of the most controversial and misunderstood issues of the 21st century. This book provides a clear understanding of the issue by presenting scientific facts to refute falsehoods and misinformation-and to confirm the validity of other assertions.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Debates
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781440835681
• ISBN-10: 1440835683
• Artikelnr.: 42092168

Autorenporträt

Daniel Bedford, John Cook

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Evidence Regarding Climate Change Q1.
What Is Happening to Sea Ice in the Arctic? Q2. What Is Happening to Sea
Ice in the Antarctic? Q3. What Is Happening to Glaciers and Ice Sheets? Q4.
Do Global Average Surface Air Temperatures Show Warming? Q5. Do Satellites
Using "Thermometers in Space" Show a Warming Trend in Earth's Lower
Atmosphere? Q6. How Might Global Warming Be Causing Record Cold Winters in
Some Places? Q7. How and Why Has the Pace of Global Warming Changed Over
Time? Q8. What Do the "Climategate" Hacked E-Mails Show about Climate
Science? 2 The Causes of Climate Change Q9. Is Human Activity the Main
Driver of Modern Climate Change? Q10. How Does Modern Global Warming
Compare to the So-Called Medieval Warm Period? Q11. What Is the "Hockey
Stick" and How Accurate a Picture Does It Provide of Global Climate Change?
Q12. What Role Does the Sun Play in Global Temperature Rise? Q13. How Has
Climate Been Changing on Mars and Other Planets? Q14. Is the Ozone Hole a
Factor in Global Warming? Q15. Carbon Dioxide Is a Small Fraction of the
Atmosphere, So Why Is It So Important for Climate Change? Q16. Does a
Historical Correlation Exist between Changes in Carbon Dioxide Levels and
Temperature? Q17. What Does Past Climate Change Tell Us about the
Relationship between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature? Q18. Which Produces
More Carbon Dioxide: Volcanoes, or Burning Fossil Fuels? 3 The Likely
Impacts of Climate Change Q19. How Well Do Computer Models Reproduce
Earth's Climate? Q20. Can an Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Cause a
Significant Warming of Global Temperatures? Q21. How Will Climate Change
Impact Society? Q22. Have the Dangers of Climate Change Been Understated or
Overstated by Scientists and the News Media? Q23. Are Carbon Dioxide
Emissions Acidifying the Ocean? Q24. How Are Plants and Animals Affected by
Rapid Climate Change? Q25. How Is Climate Change Influencing Extreme
Weather? 4 Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Q26. What Percentage of
Climate Scientists Agree That Humans Are Causing Global Warming? Q27. What
Does the Work of Lone Scientific Mavericks Show about the Importance of the
Scientific Consensus on Climate Change? Q28. What Motivates Climate
Scientists? Q29. In the 1970s, Were Most Climate Scientists Concerned about
Global Warming or Global Cooling? 5 Responding to Climate Change Q30. Is It
Possible to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions without Damaging the Economy?
Q31. What Effect Will Cutting Carbon Emissions Have on the Poor? Q32. What
Is China Doing to Address Climate Change? Q33. Can Carbon Dioxide Be
Regulated under the Clean Air Act? Q34. Can Individuals Do Anything to
Limit Global Warming? Q35. Do Some Republicans Accept That Anthropogenic
Climate Change Is Occurring? Postscript: The Paris Agreement Index About
the Authors