Greenhouse Earth - Book

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dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.contributor.otherNilsson, Annika
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-13T19:26:24Z
dc.date.available2019-08-13T19:26:24Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionThis book is an attempt to capture the messages in the reports from SCOPE and IPCC as well as some other information and in a way that is accessible to the non-expert reader. The ambition is also to provide the reader with a picture of the different factors that scientists enter into their scenarios of the future. It should particularly interest policy advisors, Scientists in other disciplines and teachers. The decisions called for in a global climate convention have to be made by policy makers worldwide, but the basis for those decisions is the picture painted by scientists.en
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dc.identifier.isbn0-471-93547-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29359
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number210 p.
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd.
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd., on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.TableOfContentsPreface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The History of Our Future An Emerging Science Laying the Foundation Chapter 2. The Greenhouse Earth Today’s Climate Chapter 3. The Greenhouse Gases Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) The Tracks of Imbalance Emission of Carbon Dioxide Deforestation Methane (CH₄) A Levelling Increase Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) CFCs and Other Halocarbons Stratospheric Ozone Tropospheric Ozone Aerosols Chapter 4. Adding Up the Numbers Energy Budgets Overlapping Windows Concentration and Time A Focus on Emissions Solar Input Changing Orbits Chapter 5. A Model World Icy Reflections Heights and Clouds Taking in All the Dimensions Global Confidence and Regional Doubt Oceans and Clouds A System in Transition Validating Models Drier or Wetter Soil Extreme Weather Looking at the Past A Conclusion of Confidence Chapter 6. Model Results—The Future Climate Higher Temperatures Speeding Up the Water Cycle Soil Moisture How Can the Sea and Ice Change the Climate? A More Extreme Climate? Stormy Patterns Regional Changes in Climate Chapter 7. Sea Level Measuring Changes in the Past Greenland and Antarctica An Antarctic Collapse? A Higher Sea Regional Effects Threatened Wetlands The Fishing Industry Chapter 8. Agriculture Carbon Dioxide as a Fertilizer Carbon Dioxide for Water Conservation A Combination of Effects Climate Change and a Shift in Risks A Focus on the Crops Soils and Pests A Summary by Region Global Food Security Regional Economy Adjusting to Change Cutting Emissions Agriculture and Deforestation Cutting Excess Nitrogen Carbon in Soil Chapter 9. Forestry Mapping Vegetation Types The Time of Death and Renewal Pests, Pollution and Soil Quality A Higher Output? Summarizing Impacts Problem or Possibility? Reforestation Chapter 10. Natural Ecosystems Who Will Cope and Who Will Not? One Stress Added to Another Chapter 11. Water, Snow and Ice Sensitive Riversheds Who Will Have a White Christmas? On Frozen Grounds Chapter 12. Answering the Challenge International Politics Energy Potentials to Tap The Process Has Started Scenarios of Change Energy Demand and Economic Growth Wait and See? Chapter 13. A Game of Science and Politics Afterword. A Look Back Further Reading
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectair pollutant
dc.subjectAntarctica
dc.subjectatmosphere
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectcarbon dioxide
dc.subjectchlorofluorocarbon
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectenergy resource development
dc.subjectenvironmental protection
dc.subjectforestry
dc.subjectfuture study
dc.subjectglobal warming
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas
dc.subjectmethane
dc.subjectnitrogen oxide
dc.subjectozone layer
dc.subjectreforestation
dc.subjectsea level
dc.subjectsoil
dc.subjectwetland
dc.subjectAntarctic
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subject Energy Efficiency
dc.subjectMitigation
dc.subjectOzone
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleGreenhouse Earth - Booken
dc.typeEducational material

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