Climate : a very short introduction / Mark Maslin
- Author
- Maslin, Mark
- Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- xii, 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- What is climate? -- Atmosphere and oceans -- Weather versus climate -- Extreme climates -- Tectonics and climate -- Global climate cooling -- Great ice ages -- Future climate change -- Fixing climate change -- Ultimate climate change.
- Summary
- In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the different components that control climate on Earth. He considers the processes that allow energy to reach the Earth and how it is redistributed around the planet by the ocean-atmosphere system; the relationship and differences between climate and the weather; how climate has affected life on Earth and human settlements; and the cyclic and quasi-cyclic features of climate such as the Milankovitch cycles and El Nino. He concludes by touching on the issue of climate change, and outlines some of the approaches that are now being taken to tackle it.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780199641130 (pbk.)
0199641137 (pbk.) - Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library; 2013
- Endowment Note
- Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library
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