8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History

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