Global warming science : a quantitative introduction to climate change and its consequences (engelsk)

Eli Tziperman

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Introduces undergraduates to the concepts and methods of global warming science, covering topics that they encounter in the news, ranging from the greenhouse effect and warming to ocean acidification, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, droughts, heat waves, forest fires, the cryosphere, and more. Explains each of the issues based on basic statistical analysis, simple ordinary differential equations, or elementary chemical reactions.

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Overview -- Greenhouse -- Temperature -- Sea level -- Ocean Acidification -- Ocean Circulation -- Clouds -- Hurricanes -- Arctic Sea Ice -- Greenland and Antarctica -- Mountain Glaciers -- Droughts and Precipitation -- Heat Waves -- Forest Fires