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Scientific satellite and moon-based Earth observation for global change

Huadong Guo, Author ; Wenxue Fu, Author ; Guang Liu, Author | [S.l.] : Springer Nature | 2019

This book proposes using a series of global change scientific satellites to establish a scientific observation grid for global environmental change monitoring from space, and offers the first comprehensive review of lunar-based Earth observation[...]

Scientific satellite and moon-based Earth observation for global change

Huadong Guo, Author ; Wenxue Fu, Author ; Guang Liu, Author | [S.l.] : Springer Nature | 2019

Global change involves complex and far-reaching variations in the Earth's systems, and satellite observations have been widely used in global change studies. Over the past five decades, Earth observation has developed into a comprehensive system[...]

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Climate change : what everyone needs to know /

Joseph J. Romm, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | What everyone needs to know | 2018

"Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence to climatologist Lo[...]

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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[...]

Climate change : what everyone needs to know /

Joseph J. Romm, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | What everyone needs to know | 2016

"Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence to climatologist Lo[...]

Geospatial technologies and climate change

J. Sundaresan, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2016

Geospatial Technologies and Climate Change describes various approaches from different countries on how to use geospatial technologies to help solving climate change issues. It also details how different geospatial technologies (remote sensing,[...]

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Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool Earth

Washington : The National Academies Press | 2015

The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, and the fundamental solution is curbing those [...]

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The climate casino : risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world /

William D. Nordhaus, Author 2013

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is sti[...]

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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Astronomy and the climate crisis

Antony Cooke, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2012

Observing and modeling earth's energy flows

Lennart O. Bengtsson, Author ; Roger M. Bonnet, Author ; C. Frohlich, Author ; J. Heintzenberg, Author ; Kevin E. Trenberth, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth's energy flows and their consequences for the climate. It brings for fore the complexity of feedback processes of the Earth's climate system and particular the way clouds and aerosols affe[...]

Climate change science and policy

Stephen Henry Schneider, Author | [S.l.] : Island Press | 2010

In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Many important developments too recent to be treated by the 2007 IPCC documents are covered here. This book considers not [...]

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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Cryosat : ESA's ice mission

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA BR | 2010

To understand fully how climate change is affecting the remote but sensitive polar regions, there is an urgent need to determine exactly how the thickness of the ice, both on land and floating in the sea, is changing. By addressing this challeng[...]

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Responding to the challenge of climate and environmental change : NASA's plan for a climate-centric architecture for earth observations and applications from space

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2010

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Space-applications in climate change and green systems : the need for international cooperation

John C. Mankins, Editor ; Max Grimard, Editor ; Yasushi Horikawa, Editor | Paris (France) : International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) | 2010

Climate change and foreign policy : case studies from east to west

Paul G. Harris, Editor | New York : Routledge | Routledge advances in international relations and global politics | 2009

Climate LINKS : a terrestrial data collection network complementing satellite observations

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2009

"A terrestrial data collection network complementing satellite observations". Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are resulting in rising temperatures that impact the earth's climate. Developing countries will be hit[...]

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The complete guide to climate change

Brian Dawson, Author ; Matt Spannagle, Author | New York : Routledge | 2009

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The complete guide to climate change

Brian Dawson ; Matt Spannagle | New York : Routledge | 2009

Contents : environmental science; the carbon cycle and the greenhouse gases; the impacts of climate change on life, land and sea; mitigation strategies from carbon capture to carbon taxes; the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCC; and renewable fuel sources.

Assessing climate change : temperatures, solar radiation, and heat balance

Donald Rapp | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2008

1. Historical variations in the Earth's climate 2. Temperatures in the past millennium 3. Temperatures in the past century 4. Variability of the Sun 5. The Earth's heat balance and the greenhouse effect 6. CO2 production and climate change 7. I[...]

Climate change : biological and human aspects

Jonathan Cowie | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2008

Climate change as a security risk

German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) | [S.l.] : Earthscan | 2008

Without resolute counteraction, climate change will overstretch many societies' adaptive capacities within the coming decades. This could result in destabilization and violence, jeopardizing national and international security to a new degree. [...]

Climatic cataclysm : the foreign policy and national security implications of climate change

Kurt M. Campbell | [S.l.] : Brookings Institution Press | 2008

Economics and management of climate change : risks, mitigation and adaptation

Bernd HansjLurgens, Editor ; Ralf Antes, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

Natural climate variability and global warming : a holocene perspective

Richard W. Batterbee ; Heather A. Binney | [S.l.] : Blackwell Publishing | 2008

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that greenhouse-gas pollution is largely responsible for global warming. Yet, it is also true that the climate system varies quite naturally on different time-scales. Accurately predicting the cours[...]

Global warming and climate change : ten years after Kyoto and still counting

Velma I. Grover, Editor | [S.l.] : Science Publishers | 2008

Global warming and climate change : ten years after Kyoto and still counting

Velma I. Grover, Editor | [S.l.] : Science Publishers | 2008

Climate change 2007 : mitigation of climate change : contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Bert Metz, Editor ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Editor ; Working Group III., Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

The third volume of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to mitigating and avoiding climate change. It includes a det[...]

Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis : contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Susan Solomon ; et al. ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ; Working Group I. | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Historical overview of climate change science -- Changes in atmospheric constituents and radiative forcing -- Observations: atmospheric surface and climate change -- Observations: changes in snow,[...]

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