Facing Climate Change Together

, by Edited by Catherine Gautier , Jean-Louis Fellous

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ISBN: 9780521896825 | 0521896827
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/11/2008

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The vast majority of climate scientists now agree that human-induced climate change is a reality. However, there is much ongoing research and debate over the magnitude, rate and regional distribution of change, and the level of confidence assigned to future climate projections. Nevertheless, our global society is confronted with the urgent and immediate need for a wise response to potential climate change.

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Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The global consensus and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change	p. 12
Greenhouse effect, radiation budget, and clouds	p. 30
Atmospheric aerosols and climate change	p. 49
The global water cycle and climate	p. 62
Climate change effects on the water cycle over land	p. 74
Ocean and climate	p. 91
Ice and climate	p. 110
The changing global carbon cycle: from the holocene to the anthropocene	p. 121
Challenges of climate change: an Arctic perspective and its implications	p. 149
On some impacts of climate change over Europe and the Atlantic	p. 159
Atmospheric chemistry and climate interactions	p. 176
Observing system for climate	p. 189
Climate and society: what is the human dimension?	p. 204
Conclusions	p. 217
Glossary	p. 233
References	p. 243
Index	p. 253
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