经典英语资料What We Know about Climate Change by Kerry Emanuel Bob Inglis.pdf

WhatWeKnowaboutClimateChange

WhatWeKnowaboutClimateChange

UpdatedEdition

KerryEmanuel

ForewordbyBobInglis

TheMITPress

Cambridge,Massachusetts

London,England

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Names:Emanuel,KerryA.,1955-author.

Title:Whatweknowaboutclimatechange/KerryEmanuel;withanew

forewordbyBobInglis.

Description:Updatededition[2018edition].|Cambridge,MA:TheMIT

Press,[2018]|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.

Identifiers:LCCN2018010196|ISBN9780262535915(pbk.:alk.paper)

Subjects:LCSH:Climaticchanges.|Greenhouseeffect,Atmospheric.|

Globalwarming.

Classification:LCCQC903.E432018|DDC363.738/74--dc23LCrecord

availableat/2018010196

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Contents

ForewordbyBobInglisvii

Prefaceix

1TheMythofNaturalStability1

2GreenhousePhysics9

3WhytheClimateProblemIsDifficult17

4DeterminingHumanity’sInfluence27

5TheConsequences35

6CommunicatingClimateScience43

7OurOptions49

8ThePoliticsSurroundingGlobalClimateChange57

Notes65

FurtherReading67

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