Global climate change demystified / (Record no. 80657)

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International Standard Book Number 9781119653868
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Classification number 363.73874
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Title Global climate change demystified /
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Hoboken, NJ :
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Date of publication, distribution, etc [2020]
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Extent 1 online resource (282 pages) ;
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General note ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br/>James G. Speight, PhD, has more than 45 years of experience in energy, environmental science, and ethics. He is the author of more than 65 books in petroleum science, petroleum engineering, biomass and biofuels, and environmental sciences. Although he has always worked in private industry which focused on contract-based work, Dr. Speight has served as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah and in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor in the College of Science, University of Mosul, Iraq, and has also been a Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Summary, etc DESCRIPTION<br/>For too many years climate change (also referred to as global warming) has been assigned predominantly to the emissions of carbon dioxide though the combustion of fossil fuels. It must never be forgotten or ignored, however, that the Earth is constantly changing since its formation and has gone through different eras like glaciations, among others. These changes need thousands of years to be made visible, and the current increase in the average temperature of the Earth since the pre-industrial period is happening, provided that the measurements of past climatic temperatures are accurate and beyond reproach. Thus, the assessment that the warming trend that has occurred over the past 100 years is very likely to have some origins in natural events. The precise contributions of natural effects and anthropogenic effects on the climate are not known, but it is accurate to conclude that many factors continue to influence climate. Whether or not human activities have become a dominant force in the changing climate and are responsible for most of the warming observed is still open to question.<br/><br/>When studying the climate system of the Earth, an area of common confusion that relates to whether climate scientists agree or disagree as to whether or not climate change is happening, or if it is happening, whether or not humans are the primary cause. There are a variety of reasons for this, but a majority of scientists who study climate and publish in peer-reviewed journals agree that human activity is causing the warming of the Earth. <br/><br/>The purpose of this book is to weigh all of these various data points and, in a scientific and unemotional way, arrive at likely conclusions regarding global climate change. Whether human activity is the main driver behind our current changes in climate, one thing is certain: Climate change is happening, and we all need to make informed, rather than emotional, decisions.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
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Link text Full text available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view
Uniform Resource Identifier https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119653868
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          COLLEGE LIBRARY COLLEGE LIBRARY 2021-11-26 ALBASA 50887 363.73874 G5102 2020 CL-50887 2021-11-26 2021-11-26 EBOOK