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7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. Prologue 1
  5. Part I. The Climate System
  6. 1. The Atmosphere 13
  7. 2. The World Ocean 43
  8. 3. Ocean– Atmosphere Interactions 69
  9. 4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate 101
  10. Part II. Climate Change and its Drivers
  11. 5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change 133
  12. 6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System 163
  13. 7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past 193
  14. Part III. Consequences of Climate Change
  15. 8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History 229
  16. 9. Observing the Change 265
  17. 10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea- Level Rise 305
  18. Part IV. The Future
  19. 11. Climate Models and the Future 333
  20. 12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future 355
  21. 13. Energy and the Future 375
  22. Epilogue 421
  23. Notes 425
  24. Glossary 453
  25. Bibliography 463
  26. Index 489
Climate Change
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https://doi.org/10.7312/math17282-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. Prologue 1
  5. Part I. The Climate System
  6. 1. The Atmosphere 13
  7. 2. The World Ocean 43
  8. 3. Ocean– Atmosphere Interactions 69
  9. 4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate 101
  10. Part II. Climate Change and its Drivers
  11. 5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change 133
  12. 6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System 163
  13. 7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past 193
  14. Part III. Consequences of Climate Change
  15. 8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History 229
  16. 9. Observing the Change 265
  17. 10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea- Level Rise 305
  18. Part IV. The Future
  19. 11. Climate Models and the Future 333
  20. 12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future 355
  21. 13. Energy and the Future 375
  22. Epilogue 421
  23. Notes 425
  24. Glossary 453
  25. Bibliography 463
  26. Index 489
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