Preface to the first edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface to the first edition VII
3. Authors preface to the third edition IX
4. Authors preface to the second edition XV
5. Prologue XVII
6. Contents XIX
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. History of investigation and understanding the climate system 41
9. 3. History of the climate system: the chemical evolution 293
10. 4. A changing climate system 373
11. 5. Climate change mitigation: global sustainable chemistry 591
12. 6. Final remarks 621
13. Appendix I. List of acronyms and abbreviations found in literature 627
14. Appendix II. Quantities, units and some useful numerical values 631
15. Appendix III. Earth geological time scale 635
16. References 637
17. Name Index 747
18. Subject Index 757
19. Errata to Volume 1 773