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Mutter, John C.
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Climatic changes.
Climatology.
Sustainable development.
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Mutter, John C.
Climatic changes.
Climatology.
Sustainable development.
MARC Display
Climate
change
science
: a
primer
for
sustainable
development
/ John C. Mutter.
by
Mutter, John C.
Columbia University Press, 2020.
Call #:
551.6 M993c
Subjects
Climatic changes.
Climatology.
Sustainable
development
.
Series
Columbia University Earth Institute sustainability primers.
ISBN:
9780231192231 (pbk.)
Description:
208 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Strategy and outline of the
primer
-- Why does the earth have the
climate
it does? -- Precipitation, winds, atmospheric pressure, and the origin of
climate
zones --
Climate
dynamics : natural variations --
Climate
in the future -- Earth's responses to
climate
change
--
Climate
and
sustainable
development
: summary and closing remarks.
Summary:
"How will future climates be different from today's world-and what consequences will changes in
climate
have for societies and their
development
strategies? This book is a
primer
on the essential
science
for grasping the workings of
climate
change
and
climate
prediction. John C. Mutter gives an overview of how the
climate
system functions and what we know about why changes occur. He recounts the evolution of climatology from the earliest discoveries about Earth's
climate
to present-day predictive capabilities, and clearly presents the scientific basis of fundamental topics such as
climate
zones, ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and the long-term cycles from glacial to interglacial periods. Mutter also details the mechanisms of
climate
change
and the ways in which human activity affects global
climate
. He explains the
science
behind some known consequences of rising temperatures, such as sea level rise, hurricane behavior, and
climate
variability. The
primer
discusses how
climate
predictions are made and examines the sources of uncertainty in forecasting."--From publisher.
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