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This textbook by Archer (a computational ocean chemist at the U. of Chicago) introduces an undergraduate non-science audience to the multidisciplinary issues involved with assessing the risk of anthropogenic climate change. The focus is on explaining the science required for understanding the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle, but social and economic issues are addressed in the conclusion. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming. Written in an accessible style, this important book examines the processes of climate change and climate stability, from the distant past to the distant future.Examining the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle, and what the future may hold for global climate, this text draws on a wide range of disciplines, and summarizes not only scientific evidence, but also economic and policy issues, related to global warming. A companion web site at (http://understandingtheforecast.org) provides access to interactive computer models of the physics and chemistry behind the global warming forecast, which can be used to support suggested student projects included at the end of each chapter. Solutions and artwork from the book are available to instructors at www.blackwellpublishing.com/archer.Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast provides an essential introduction to this vital issue for both students and general readers, with or without a science background.
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