William W. Hay

Experimenting on a Small Planet (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an introduction to climate science and global change. It includes the scientific background in physics, chemistry and biology. The science chapters are interleaved with biographical material including personal reminiscences. The science chapters discuss the history of development of ideas in geology, the discovery of Earth's very different climates in the distant past, and the climate oscillations of the ice ages. Special treatment is given to past warm climates. The role of greenhouse gases in controlling Earth's climate, along with a discussion of the associated physics. It develops the idea that humans have played a role in climate change throughout the past few millennia, rather than just since the beginning of the industrial revolution. It concludes by introducing the idea that the result of the present perturbation may be the transition to an ice-free warm world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 963
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642285608
• Artikelnr.: 43798497

Autorenporträt

Bill Hay began his academic career at University of Illinois in Urbana in 1960. From 1968 to 1974 he was Professor at both Illinois and the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. After serving as Dean of the Rosenstiel School he moved to Washington, D.C. to work on ensuring future scientific drilling in the ocean. In 1982 he moved to the University of Colorado, investigating ancient climates with colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Since 1988 he has also served as Guest and/or Professor at the Universities of Munich, Kiel and Greifswald in Germany, the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and the University of Vienna in Austria. He retired from the University of Kiel in 2002. He now lives in the Rocky Mountains, but returns to Europe frequently to teach intensive short courses.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Introduction.- Intermezzo I. A Slightly Unusual Family.- The Language Of Science.- Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study.- Applying Mathematics to Problems.- Intermezzo III. Graduate study.- Geologic Time.- Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II.- Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages.- Intermezzo V. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe - I.- Documenting Past Climate Change.- Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe - II.- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun - The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound.- Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall.- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun - Figuring Out What Light Really Is.- The Academic Life.- Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum.- Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain.- The Origins Of Climate Science - The Idea Of Energy Balance.- Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East.- The Climate System.- Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968.- What'sAt The Bottom Of Alice's Rabbit Hole.- Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami.- Energy From The Sun - Long-Term Variations.- Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project - DSDP.- Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays.- Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES.- Albedo.- Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project.- Air.- Intermezzo XVI. The Cretaceous Puzzle.- HOH - The Keystone Of Earth's Climate.- Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean.- The Atmosphere.- Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising.- Oxygen And Ozone - Products And Protectors of Life.- Intermezzo XIX Building A Building.- Water Vapor - The Major Greenhouse Gas.- Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour.- Carbon Dioxide.- Intermezzo XXI Course Correction.- Other Greenhouse Gases.- Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times.- The Coriolis Force.- Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time.- The Circulation Of Earth's Atmosphere.- Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair.- The Modern Ocean's General Circulation.- Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in Moscow - 1984.- The Biological Interactions.- Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume.- Sea level.- Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical.- Global Climate Change - The (Geologically) Immediate Past.- Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I.- Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II.- The Instrumental Temperature Record.- Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III.- The Near Future.- Intermezzo XXXI Retirement.- The Distant Future.- Intermezzo XXXII.

Rezensionen

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017

"In this title, Hay (emer., Univ. of Colorado) has extraordinarily combined science, art, and humor to provide a thorough, accessible account of the history of climate science. ... The scope and presentation style make this a recommended title for experts interested in learning more outside of their areas of knowledge, students interested in a nontechnical perspective on climate science, or general readers seeking reliable climate science information. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers." (J. Schoof, Choice, Vol. 54 (5), January, 2017)