Global Warming 101 (science 101 (greenwood))
by Bruce Johansen /
2008 / English / PDF
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The accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that
the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return.
Within a decade or two, various feedbacks may take greenhouse
warming past any human ability to contain or reverse it.
Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly, fed
by increasing fossil-fuel use world-wide, melting permafrost,
slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia and Brazil, increasing
wildfires, as well as rapid industrialization using dirty coal in
China and India. Global warming may well become the most urgent
problem the world faces during the 21st Century . Natural
variations are no longer the major contribution (or forcing) in
Earth's climate. Human contributions became the major factor
about 1950.
The accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that
the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return.
Within a decade or two, various feedbacks may take greenhouse
warming past any human ability to contain or reverse it.
Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly, fed
by increasing fossil-fuel use world-wide, melting permafrost,
slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia and Brazil, increasing
wildfires, as well as rapid industrialization using dirty coal in
China and India. Global warming may well become the most urgent
problem the world faces during the 21st Century . Natural
variations are no longer the major contribution (or forcing) in
Earth's climate. Human contributions became the major factor
about 1950.
This book has been prepared as a reference for high-school
students, but it also will be useful for anyone who wants a
compact, plain-spoken basic guide to the science of global
warming.
This book has been prepared as a reference for high-school
students, but it also will be useful for anyone who wants a
compact, plain-spoken basic guide to the science of global
warming.Global Warming 101
Global Warming 101 begins with an examination of
basic issues, followed by important controversies in the field.
The book then describes scientific issues related to melting ice,
rising seas, and effects on plants and animals, as well as human
health.
begins with an examination of
basic issues, followed by important controversies in the field.
The book then describes scientific issues related to melting ice,
rising seas, and effects on plants and animals, as well as human
health.Global Warming 101
Global Warming 101 concludes with consideration of
possible solutions.
concludes with consideration of
possible solutions.Global Warming 101
Global Warming 101 combines a survey
of the science of global warming with reporting from around the
world, from sinking Pacific islands and thawing Arctic
permafrost, which indicate that significant global warming
already has begun.
combines a survey
of the science of global warming with reporting from around the
world, from sinking Pacific islands and thawing Arctic
permafrost, which indicate that significant global warming
already has begun.
