The Warming Papers: The Scientific Foundation for the Climate Change Forecast Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Raymond Pierrehumbert (Editor)
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Global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times, but it is not widely appreciated that the foundations of our understanding were laid almost two centuries ago with the postulation of a greenhouse effect by Fourier in 1827. The sensitivity of climate to changes in atmospheric CO2 was first estimated about one century ago, and the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration was discovered half a century ago. The fundamentals of the science underlying the forecast for human-induced climate change were being published and debated long before the issue rose to public prominence in the last few decades.
The Warming Papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast. The paper trail ranges from Fourier and Arrhenius in the 19th Century to Manabe and Hansen in modern times. Archer and Pierrehumbert provide introductions and commentary which places the papers in their context and provide students with tools to develop and extend their understanding of the subject.
The book capture the excitement and the uncertainty that always exist at the cutting edge of research, and is invaluable reading for students of climate science, scientists, historians of science, and others interested in climate change.
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- Title The Warming Papers: The Scientific Foundation for the Climate Change Forecast
- Author Raymond Pierrehumbert (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2011-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781405196178 / 1405196173
- Weight 3.48 lbs (1.58 kg)
- Dimensions 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.1 in (27.69 x 21.84 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric, Global temperature changes
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010040516
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.5
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