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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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Intro; About the Author; Copyright Information; Foreword; Notes:; Part I: Weather, Climate and Human Habitats; Chapter One: Introducing the Problem; Old-fashioned geographers and accumulation of information about weather; Weather folklore; People and climate change; Changes in measurement of weather and climate; The economic issues; Notes: Chapter One; Chapter Two: Weather; Introduction: Radiant Energy; The Earth among the planets 1; Composition of the atmosphere; Energy and the sun; The adiabatic effect; The heat engine; Circulation of the atmosphere |
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Transfer of energy by convergence and convectionFrontal systems; Orographic uplift; Magnitude and frequency; The regularity of weather; Notes: Chapter Two; Chapter Three: Climate; Introduction: Weather and Climate; Why is there such a diversity of earth climates?; Building an inventory of world climates; Climate Summary; Climate and biomass; The realms of ice and snow: beyond the temperate membrane; Impact of a warming global climate; The statistics of climate change; Climate and human settlement; Notes: Chapter Three; Part II: Climate Change and Its Impact; Chapter Four: Energy and Climate |
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IntroductionSolar energy; Energy from the Earth's interior; Energy from human activities; The contribution of anthropogenic energy to total energy received; The comparison; Human energy and climate change; The cause of anthropogenic warming; The outcome of human industrial emissions; Notes: Chapter Four; Chapter Five: Climate Change and Its Consequences; Introduction: The Reality of Climate Change; The warming planet; The human record of changing climate; Human contribution to global warming; Measurable climate change from atmospheric phenomena |
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The story told by ice in temperate and tropical regionsIce in polar regions; Global warming and climate change; How three degrees of warming might affect the global climate system; Carbon dioxide concentration and the carbon cycle; Natural warming and cooling cycles; The role of the deep ocean current; The role of water vapour and dampers on climate change; Capacity of plants to fix CO2; Notes: Chapter Five; Chapter Six: The Potential Impact of Climate Change: A Case Study of Australia; Introduction; Current Australian climate zones and their industrial significance |
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The Australian continent and climate changeThe gradual and evolutionary nature of climate change; Summary; Notes: Chapter Six; Part III: Understanding the Underlying Problem; Chapter Seven: Introducing the Cargo Cult; Introduction: Climate Change and the Economics of Satiety; The simple truth of economic growth; Hegemony of the market; Quality of life as against quantity of life; Loss of consumer sovereignty; Hegemony of the market by business and industry; A summary; Notes: Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight: Production, Wealth and Democracy; Introduction: A Challenge to Democracy |
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The nature of wealth |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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Climatic changes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781528944687 |
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1528944682 |
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