Climate Change: Observed Impacts On Planet Earth

Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Third Edition, brings together top global researchers across many disciplines to provide a comprehensive review on the complex issue of climate change and weather patterns. The third edition continues its tradition of focusing on the science and evidence on this highly politicized topic. Every chapter is updated, with this new edition featuring new chapters on topics such as glacier melt, the impacts of rising temperatures, extreme weather, modeling techniques, biodiversity, and more. This book is essential for researchers, environmental managers, engineers, and those whose work is impacted by, or tied to, climate change and global warming. Provides a comprehensive resource on climate change and weather patterns, ranging from causes and indicators to modeling and adaptation Covers the Jet Stream, catastrophic modeling, extreme weather, the carbon cycle, socioeconomic impacts, biological diversity, deforestation and global temperature Contains 25 updated chapters and 10 new chapters, all written by global experts who provide a current overview of the state of knowledge on climate change across a wide array of disciplines

• | Author: Trevor M. Letcher
• | Publisher: Elsevier
• | Publication Date: February 26, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 848 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128215755
• | ISBN-13: 9780128215753