Human impacts on weather and climate

Description:

This new edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. The natural variability of weather and climate greatly complicates our ability to determine a clear cause-and-effect relationship to human activity. The authors describe the basic theories and critique them in simple and accessible terms. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in how humans are affecting the global climate.

subjects: Climatic changes,  Climatology,  Effect of human beings on,  Environmental aspects,  Environmental aspects of Climatic changes,  Nature,  Nonfiction,  Science,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Climatology,  Social aspects of Weather,  Weather,  Science/Mathematics,  Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology,  Science / Meteorology,  Anthropogene Klimaa˜nderung,  Hiver nucleaire,  Aspect social,  Temps (meteorologie),  Effet de serre (meteorologie),  Modification,  Climat,  Influence sur la nature,  Climatologie,  Effets de l'homme,  Temps (Meteorologie),  Changements,  Aspect de l'environnement,  Influence on nature,  Homme,  Man,  Nature, effect of human beings on,  NATURE,  SCIENCE,  Anthropogene Klimaänderung,  Temps (Météorologie)