Earth's Climate: Past and Future
by William F. Ruddiman
3rd Edition
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781429255257 |
| eText ISBN | 9781464184987 |
| Publisher | W.H. Freeman & Company |
| Publishing Year | 2013 |
| Edition | 3rd Edition |
| Language | English |
The textbook Earth's Climate: Past and Future, 3rd Edition, by William F. Ruddiman explores the scientific principles that govern Earth's climate system across geological and modern timescales. The volume outlines the physical processes that drive global environmental change and examines how scientists reconstruct climatic history.
Ruddiman introduces the foundational framework of climate science, linking modern climate observations to geological archives and computer models. Broad thematic areas span tectonic and orbital drivers of climate change, major glacial cycles, and historical climate variations leading into future projections.
The text also integrates recent findings on anthropogenic global warming alongside advances in understanding past climates, addressing the factors behind modern climatic change.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Overview of Climate Science
Chapter 2: Earths Climate System Today
Chapter 3: Climate Archives, Data, and Models
Chapter 4: CO2 and Long-Term Climate
Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate
Chapter 6: Greenhouse Climate
Chapter 7: From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years
Chapter 8: Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation
Chapter 9: Insolation Control of Monsoons
Chapter 10: Insolation Control of Ice Sheets
Chapter 11: Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane
Chapter 12: Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Mysteries
Chapter 13: The Last Glacial Maximum
Chapter 14: Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation
Chapter 15: Millennial Oscillations of Climate
Chapter 16: Humans and Preindustrial Climate
Chapter 17: Climate Changes During the Last 1,000 Years
Chapter 18: Climatic Changes Since 1850
Chapter 19: Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years
Chapter 20: Future Climatic Change
Chapter Appendix 1: Isotopes of Oxygen
Chapter Appendix 2: Isotopes of Carbon
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