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Space systems and sustainability : from asteroids and solar storms to pandemics and climate change

Joseph N. Pelton, Author | [S.l.] : Cham, Switzerland : Springer | 2021

In this book, space scientist, futurist, and educator Joseph N. Pelton explores a dozen ways that Planet Earth is at existential risk, along with the many ways that space systems, data analytics, and advanced networking systems can help us cope [...]

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Beyond global warming : how numerical models revealed the secrets of climate change /

Syukuro Manabe, Author ; Anthony J. Broccoli, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | 2020

"Climate models are some of our most powerful tools for exploring human-induced global warming. These models, derived from numerical weather prediction models, are based upon the fundamental laws of physics. Using powerful computers, they can ac[...]

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Space for urban planning

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2019

Cities are economic development and innovation hubs: they support and benefit from the development and application of space technologies. Datasets from Landsat and MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) programs, Sentinel constell[...]

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Space-aided climate change adaptation : Adapting to Water and Air Realities on Earth (AWARE)

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2018

"Climate change is a reality where current mitigation strategies are failing and as a result require adaptation strategies. While climate change has many facets, we address adaptation to two particular environmental hazards: air pollution and fl[...]

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Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming /

Paul Hawken, Editor | [S.l.] : Penguin Books | 2017

In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are des[...]

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Climate change : a wicked problem : complexity and uncertainty at the intersection of science, economics, politics and human behavior /

Frank P. Incropera, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2016

Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influen[...]

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Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations /

Thomas L. Friedman, Author | [S.l.] : Allen Lane | 2016

Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to think about this era of accelerations. It's also an argument for 'being late' - for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're pas[...]

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Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis /

Tim F. Flannery, Author | New York : Atlantic Monthly Press | 2015

Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering.

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Satellite earth observation in support of climate information challenges : the CEOS earth observation handbook, special 2015 COP21 edition

Ivan Petiteville, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | 2015

This edition was prepared for the COP21 meeting in late 2015 to help develop a broader understanding of the fundamental importance of satellite EO to the information needed to inform our climate policies on all scales. This report explores how s[...]

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CryoSat validation third user workshop : proceedings of [...]

L. Ouwehand, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2014

This workshop is intended to provide a forum to present and discuss all topics related to the exploitation of the CryoSat mission and to identify novel scientific challenges.

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The earth's hydrological cycle

Lennart Bengtsson, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2014

This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic

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STEP M : Space to Effectively Prepare for Migration

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2014

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has called on the least developed countries (LDCs) to submit medium- to long-term National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as a response to adapt to the current effects and its impending[...]

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Climate change : what the science tells us /

Charles Fletcher, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2013

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Extraterrestrial influence on climate change

Saumitra Mukherjee, Author | New Delhi, India : Springer | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science | 2013

An attempt is being made here to understand the influence of extraterrestrial activities as one of the important factors of climate change has been attempted here. The influence of Sun and distant stars on the environment of the earth has been [...]

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Extraterrestrial influence on climate change

Saumitra Mukherjee, Author | New Delhi, India : Springer | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science | 2013

An attempt is being made here to understand the influence of extraterrestrial activities as one of the important factors of climate change has been attempted here. The influence of Sun and distant stars on the environment of the earth has been [...]

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Satellite-based applications on climate change

John Qu, Editor ; Alfred M. Powell, Editor ; M.V.K. Sivakumar, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer atmospheric sciences | 2013

"Climate and other environmental changes are drawing unprecedented concern and attention from national governments, international organizations and local communities. Global warming has left noticeable impacts on the environment and the ecosyste[...]

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The earth observation handbook : special edition for Rio+20

S. Ward, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2012

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EC2LIPSE : exploring climate change Lagrangian 1 point solutions for Earth

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2012

The report aims to develop from an interdisciplinary perspective a comprehensive, feasible, and sustainable roadmap for solar radiation management in the Sun-Earth first Lagrangian point.

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The Goldilocks planet : the four billion year story of Earth's climate /

Mark Williams, Author ; J. A. Zalasiewicz, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2012

Presents a history of climate to reveal that the climatic changes happening hardly compare to the changes the Earth has seen over the last 4.5 billion years.

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Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Andrew Dessler, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

The first half of the book focuses on the science of modern climate change, including evidence that the Earth is warming and a basic description of climate physics. It also covers concepts like radiative forcing, feedbacks, and the carbon cycle.[...]

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CryoSat validation workshop 2011 : proceedings

L. Ouwehand, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2011

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Land remote sensing and global environmental change : NASA's Earth Observing System and the science of ASTER and MODIS

Bhaskar Ramachandran, Editor ; C. O. Justice, Editor ; Michael J. Abrams, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Remote sensing and digital image processing | 2011

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Oxford handbook of climate change and society

John S. Dryzek, Editor ; Richard B. Noorgaard, Editor ; David Schlosberg, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford handbooks | 2011

"Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do,[...]

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The planet in 2050 : the Lund discourse of the future /

Jill JLager, Editor ; Sarah Cornell, Editor ; International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Changes.", Other | New York : Routledge | Routledge studies in ecological economics | 2011

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The shared future : a report of the Aspen Institute Commission on Arctic climate change

Aspen Institute (Washington, DC, United States), Issuing body ; The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (Monaco, Monaco), Issuing body | [S.l.] : Aspen Institute | 2011

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Coming climate crisis? : consider the past, beware the big fix /

Claire L. Parkinson, Author | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield | Why of where series | 2010

Decisively cutting through the hyperbole on both sides of the debate, the author, a distinguished NASA climatologist brings much needed balance and perspective to the highly contentious issue of climate change. Offering a knowledgeable overview [...]

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Hack the planet : science's best hope-- or worst nightmare-- for averting climate catastrophe /

Eli Kintisch, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2010

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An introduction to atmospheric physics

David G. Andrews | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2010

A quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought completely up-to-date, and now includes a new [...]

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An introduction to atmospheric physics

David G. Andrews, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2010

A quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought completely up-to-date, and now includes a new [...]

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An introduction to climate change economics and policy

Felix FitzRoy ; Elissaios Papyrakis | [S.l.] : Earthscan | 2010

Introduction -- Basic science of climate change -- Prospects for agriculture -- Economic growth, well-being and happiness -- Development in a changing climate -- Ethics and climate change -- Kyoto and other international environmental agreements[...]

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