Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming

Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming - William W. Hay

Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming


Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Discovering Climate.- Chapter 3. The Language of Science.- Chapter 4. Applying Mathematics to Problems.- Chapter 5. Geologic Time.- Chapter 6. Putting Numbers on Geologic Ages.- Chapter 7. Documenting Past Climate Change.- Chapter 8. The Nature of Energy Received From the Sun - The Analogies with Water Waves and Sound.- Chapter 9. The Nature of Energy Received From the Sun---Figuring Out What Light Really Is.- Chapter 10. Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum.- Chapter 11. The Origins of Climate Science---The Idea Of Energy Balance.- Chapter 12. The Climate System.- Chapter 13. What's At The Bottom of Alice's Rabbit Hole.- Chapter 14. Energy from the Sun---Long-Term Variations.- Chapter 15. Solar Variability and Cosmic Rays.- Chapter 16. Albedo.- Chapter 17. Air.- Chapter 18. HOH---The Keystone Of Earth's Climate.- Chapter 19. The Atmosphere.- Chapter 20. Oxygen and Ozone---Products and Protectors of Life.- Chapter 21. Water Vapor---The Major Greenhouse Gas.- Chapter 22. Carbon Dioxide.- Chapter 23. Other Greenhouse Gases.- Chapter 24. The Earth Is a Sphere and Rotates.- Chapter 25. The Coriolis Effect.- Chapter 26. The Circulation of Earth's Atmosphere.- Chapter 27. The Circulation of Earth's Oceans.- Chapter 28. The Biological Interactions.- Chapter 29. Sea Level.- Chapter 30. Global Climate Change---The Geologically Immediate Past.- Chapter 31. Human Impacts on the Environment and Climate.- Chapter 32. Predictions of the Future of Humanity.- Chapter 33. Is there an Analog for the Future Climate.- Chapter 34. The Instrumental Temperature Record.- Chapter 35. The Changing Climate of the Polar Regions.- Chapter 36. Global, Regional and Local Effects of Our Changing Climate.- Chapter 37. Final Thoughts.

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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Discovering Climate.- Chapter 3. The Language of Science.- Chapter 4. Applying Mathematics to Problems.- Chapter 5. Geologic Time.- Chapter 6. Putting Numbers on Geologic Ages.- Chapter 7. Documenting Past Climate Change.- Chapter 8. The Nature of Energy Received From the Sun - The Analogies with Water Waves and Sound.- Chapter 9. The Nature of Energy Received From the Sun---Figuring Out What Light Really Is.- Chapter 10. Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum.- Chapter 11. The Origins of Climate Science---The Idea Of Energy Balance.- Chapter 12. The Climate System.- Chapter 13. What's At The Bottom of Alice's Rabbit Hole.- Chapter 14. Energy from the Sun---Long-Term Variations.- Chapter 15. Solar Variability and Cosmic Rays.- Chapter 16. Albedo.- Chapter 17. Air.- Chapter 18. HOH---The Keystone Of Earth's Climate.- Chapter 19. The Atmosphere.- Chapter 20. Oxygen and Ozone---Products and Protectors of Life.- Chapter 21. Water Vapor---The Major Greenhouse Gas.- Chapter 22. Carbon Dioxide.- Chapter 23. Other Greenhouse Gases.- Chapter 24. The Earth Is a Sphere and Rotates.- Chapter 25. The Coriolis Effect.- Chapter 26. The Circulation of Earth's Atmosphere.- Chapter 27. The Circulation of Earth's Oceans.- Chapter 28. The Biological Interactions.- Chapter 29. Sea Level.- Chapter 30. Global Climate Change---The Geologically Immediate Past.- Chapter 31. Human Impacts on the Environment and Climate.- Chapter 32. Predictions of the Future of Humanity.- Chapter 33. Is there an Analog for the Future Climate.- Chapter 34. The Instrumental Temperature Record.- Chapter 35. The Changing Climate of the Polar Regions.- Chapter 36. Global, Regional and Local Effects of Our Changing Climate.- Chapter 37. Final Thoughts.

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