A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming and climate change is different and more dangerous, and how to counter skeptics and deniers with sound science.
Authors
- ISBN
- 9781550927528 1550927523
- Pages
- 176
- Published in
- Gabriola Island, CA
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Praise 2
- Title Page 6
- Rights Page 7
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- Introduction 16
- Chapter 1. What Controls the Earth’s Climate? 18
- 2. A Slowly Warming Sun 34
- 3. Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents 48
- 4. Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions 60
- 5. Earth’s Orbital Variations 80
- 6. Moving Heat with Ocean Currents 94
- 7. Short-termSolar Variations 108
- 8. Catastrophic Collisions 120
- 9. A Plague of Humans 132
- 10. Tipping Points 144
- 11. What Now? 164
- Notes 182
- Index 198
- About the Author 206
- About New Society Publishers 209
- A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading 210
