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The Future of the World's Climate

Edited by
  • Ann Henderson-Sellers, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Kendal McGuffie, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

The study of climate today seems to be dominated by global warming, but these predictions of climatic models must be placed in their geological, paleo-climatic, and astronomical context to create a complete picture of the Earth’s future climate. The Future of the World’s Climate presents that perspective with data and projections that have emerged from more technologically advanced and accurate climate modeling.

The book is comprised of 18 new and revised chapters that feature reviews of current climate science. The authors are drawn from all over the world and from the highest regarded peer-reviewed groups.

Hardbound, 660 Pages

Published: December 2011

Imprint: Elsevier

ISBN: 978-0-12-386917-3

Contents

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    Dedication
    Foreword
    Preface
    Abbreviations & Acronyms
    In Memoriam

    1. Climates of the Future

    SECTION I: The Anthropocene
    2. People, Policy and Politics in Future Climates
    3. Urban Climates
    4. Human Effects on Climate through Land Surface Modification

    SECTION II: Time and Tide
    5. Fast and Slow Feedbacks in Future Climates
    6. Ocean Climates In The Future
    7. Climatic Variability on Decadal to Century Time-Scales
    8. The Future of the World’s Glaciers
    9. Future Regional Climates

    SECTION III: Looking Forward
    10. Climate and weather extremes: observations, modelling and projections
    11. Interaction Between Future Climate and Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen
    12. Climate-chemistry interaction: Tropospheric ozone and sulfate aerosols
    13. Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol Levels

    SECTION IV: Learning Lessons
    14. Records from the Past, Lessons for the Future: what the palaeo-record implies about mechanisms of global change
    15. Modeling the Past and Future Interglacials in Response to The Astronomical and Greenhouse Gas Forcing
    16. Catastrophe: Extraterrestrial Impacts, Massive Volcanism and the Biosphere

    SECTION V: Understanding the Unknowns
    17. Expect the Unexpected: Future Climate Surprises
    18. Earth’s Climate from Geophysiology to Earth System Science
    Bibliography: Collected References
    Index
    Brief Biographies of Authors 

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