Mark Maslin: Climate: A Very Short Introduction, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Climate: A Very Short Introduction
- A Very Short Introduction
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- Verlag:
- Oxford University Press, 07/2013
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199641130
- Artikelnummer:
- 3244457
- Umfang:
- 176 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2013
- Gewicht:
- 156 g
- Maße:
- 175 x 111 mm
- Stärke:
- 9 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 24.7.2013
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
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.
Klappentext
In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Maslin looks at all aspects of climate, from the physical and chemical factors that drive it and how climate differs from weather, to how climate has affected human settlements and the cyclic features of it. He ends with a look at climate change and our current approaches to solving it.
