Global warming : the complete briefing
Houghton, J. T. (John Theodore), 1931-2009
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Summary: "John Houghtonʼs market-leading textbook is now in full colour and includes the latest IPCC findings, making it the definitive guide to climate change. Written for students across a wide range of disciplines, its simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science and impacts of climate change and highlights the need for action on global warming. Is there evidence for climate changing due to human activities? How do we account for recent extremes of weather and climate? Can global electricity provision and transport ever be carbon free? Written by a leading figure at the forefront of action to confront humanityʼs most serious environmental problem, this undergraduate textbook comprehensively explores these and other issues, allowing students to think through the problem, assess the data and draw conclusions on the action that should be taken, by governments, by industry and by each and every one of us."--Publisher description.
Main title:
Global warming : the complete briefing / John T. Houghton.
Edition:
4th ed.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Collation:
xv, 438 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 2004.Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village.
Biography/History:
Sir John Houghton CBE, FRS is a former Chairman of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chairman of the UK's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Vice President of the World Meteorological Organisation, President of the Royal Meteorological Society, and Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University. He was Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office from 1983 to his retirement in 1991. As well as the previous editions of this book, he is author of The Physics of Atmospheres (Cambridge University Press, in three editions), and has published numerous research papers and contributed to many influential research documents.
ISBN:
9780521709163 (pbk)
Dewey class:
363.73874
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
186460
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 363.73874 HOU | Available |