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Climatic change

Title
Climatic change / edited by John Gribbin.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.

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Additional Authors
Gribbin, John, 1946-
Description
xi, 280 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Describes present understanding of climatic change.
Subject
  • Climatic changes
  • Climate Change
  • climate change
  • Climat
  • Klimaänderung
  • Klimaatveranderingen
  • Climatologia
  • CLIMATE
  • WEATHER
  • Changements climatiques
  • Klima
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The geological-geophysical framework of ice ages / D. H. Tarling -- Palaeobotany and climatic change / T. A. Wijmstra -- Isotope studies / Jean-Claude Duplessy -- Climatic change in historical times / John Gribbin and H. H. Lamb -- The heat balance of the Earth / M. I. Budyko -- Recent changes in snow and ice / G. J. Kukla -- Astronomical influences / John Gribbin -- The role of the oceans in the global climate system / Tim P. Barnett -- The use of numerical models in studying climatic change / Jill Williams -- The limitations of modelling: the question of statistical significance / Robert M. Chervin -- Global influences of mankind on the climate / William W. Kellogg -- Climatic changes and human affairs / Stephen H. Schneider and Richard L. Temkin.
ISBN
  • 0521215943
  • 9780521215947
  • 0521292050
  • 9780521292054
LCCN
76052185
OCLC
  • ocm02983211
  • 2983211
  • SCSB-245118
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library