6 Climate and Sustainable Development: Summary and Closing Remarks

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION Strategy and Outline of the Primer ix
5. 1 Why Does Earth Have the Climate It Does? 1
6. 2 Precipitation, Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, and the Origin of Climate Zones 37
7. 3 Climate Dynamics: Natural Variations 63
8. 4 Climate in the Future 103
9. 5 Earth’s Responses to Climate Change 133
10. 6 Climate and Sustainable Development: Summary and Closing Remarks 155
11. Glossary 169
12. Notes 179
13. Further Reading 183
14. Index 185