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Overview
The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of climate change from the earliest days of planet Earth to the present day.
Chapters One and Two provide a historical background of climate change and a review of current problems, controversies, and solutions. The remainder of the book consists of chapters that aid readers in continuing their own research on the topic, such as an extended annotated bibliography, chronology, glossary, noteworthy individuals and organizations in the field, and important data and documents.
The variety of resources provided, such as further reading, perspective essays about climate change, a historical timeline, and useful terms in the climate change discourse, differentiates this book from others in the field. The book is intended for readers of high school through the community college level, along with adult readers who may be interested in the topic.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781440875410 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 04/14/2020 |
Series: | Contemporary World Issues |
Pages: | 360 |
Product dimensions: | 9.00(w) x 4.95(h) x 1.20(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface xiii
1 Background and History 3
The Climatic Record 4
Weather and Climate 4
Climate through the Millennia 5
Huronian Glaciation 7
Snowball Earth 8
Andean-Saharan 8
Late Paleozoic 9
Quaternary 9
The Tools of Paleoclimatology 10
Carbon Dating 10
Ice Cores 12
Boreholes 12
Dendrochronology 13
Pollen Analysis 15
Causes of Climate Change 16
Milankovic Theory 17
Eccentricity 17
Obliquity 18
Axial Precession 18
Other Possible Causes 19
A Greenhouse Earth 21
Breakthroughs in Global Warming Research 23
Anthropogenic Effects on Global Warming 26
A New Day for Climate Science 29
Climate Models 30
New Discoveries 32
Post-Keeling Developments 36
Scientific Developments and the Responses of Scientists 37
Research Developments 37
Scientists React 39
Responses from the Body Politic 45
Conclusion 46
References 46
2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 63
Climate Change as a National Issue 63
Possible Consequences of Climate Change 69
Greenhouse Gas Emissions 72
Global Temperatures 76
Glaciers and Ice Sheets 77
Oceans 81
Extreme Weather 84
Land Use 87
Wildfires 88
Human Health 90
Temperature 91
Extreme Events 92
Vector-Borne Diseases 93
Food- and Water-Borne Diseases 94
Food Security and Nutrition 95
Ecosystems 96
World Economics 97
Climate Skeptics and Deniers 99
Industry Responds 105
Possible Solutions 111
What Can You Do? 111
What Can Your Community Do? 112
What Can Your Country Do? 113
Technological Solutions 117
Conclusion 118
References 119
3 Perspectives 141
Introduction 141
Cemetery Management Today or Reinternment Management Tomorrow Jennifer Blanks 141
Comatose in Climate Catastrophe Olivia Cooper 146
Coastal Community Faces Effects of Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise ChrisAnn Silver Esformes 150
A Call for Climate Literacy Gregory Foy Leigh Foy 153
Scientific Skepticism of Climate Change Models Joel Grossman 157
How the Powerful Advance Climate Change Maxine Gunther-Segal 162
Landslide Mitigation and Perception in Rio de Janeiro Abigail Hanna 166
The Little Big Changes-How Big Is Your Backyard? Hogyeum Joo 170
Give Me Money, Give Me Power, and Give Them Death Joy Semien 173
4 Profiles 179
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) 179
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions 181
Climate Action Network 183
Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) 185
Al Gore Jr. (1948-) 188
James Hansen (1941-) 190
Syukuro Manabe (1931-) 192
Past Global Changes 193
Roger Revelle (1909-1991) 196
Hans Suess (1909-1993) 199
Greta Thunberg (2003-) 200
350.org 203
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 205
United States Environmental Protection Agency 206
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication 208
5 Data and Documents 213
Data 213
Table 5.1 Global Radiative Forcing, CO2-equivalent Mixing Ratio, and the AGGI (1979-2018) 214
Table 5.2 Average Annual CO2 Concentration, Mauna Loa, Hawaii parts per million (ppm; uncertainty in all measurements is 0.12 ppm) 216
Table 5.3 Area Covered by Ice in Arctic Sea, 1979-2017 (million square miles) 218
Table 5.4 Atmospheric CO2 Levels, 1850-1958 (parts per million) 219
Documents 222
On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground (1896) 222
Remarkable Weather of 1911 (1912) 224
Energy Tax Act (1978) 226
Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) 228
Executive Order 13514 (2009) 231
President Obama's Climate Action Plan (2013) 234
Executive Order 13653 (2013) 238
The Clean Power Plan (2015) 243
Executive Order 13783 (2017) 247
The Affordable Clean Energy Rule (2019) 254
6 Resources 259
Books 259
Articles 268
Reports 279
Internet 287
7 Chronology 301
Glossary 313
Index 321