CO2 Rising : The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge.
Volk, Tyler.
CO2 Rising : The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (242 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing the CO2 Molecule and Its Carbon Atom -- 2 From a Molecule in Beer to the Great Cycle of Carbon in the Biosphere -- 3 The Worldwide Increase of CO2 -- 4 Fossil-Fuel Carbon Atoms Join the Biosphere -- 5 Carbon's Fluxes and Its Rate of Increase -- 6 Time Capsules in Ice -- 7 Wealth, Energy, and CO2 -- 8 How High Will the CO2 Go? -- 9 Reininng In the CO2 Increase -- 10 The Ultimate Fates of Our Carbon Atoms -- Notes -- Index.
An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change.
9780262285612
Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry).
Carbon dioxide.
Electronic books.
QC879.8.V65 2008
363.738/74
CO2 Rising : The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (242 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing the CO2 Molecule and Its Carbon Atom -- 2 From a Molecule in Beer to the Great Cycle of Carbon in the Biosphere -- 3 The Worldwide Increase of CO2 -- 4 Fossil-Fuel Carbon Atoms Join the Biosphere -- 5 Carbon's Fluxes and Its Rate of Increase -- 6 Time Capsules in Ice -- 7 Wealth, Energy, and CO2 -- 8 How High Will the CO2 Go? -- 9 Reininng In the CO2 Increase -- 10 The Ultimate Fates of Our Carbon Atoms -- Notes -- Index.
An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change.
9780262285612
Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry).
Carbon dioxide.
Electronic books.
QC879.8.V65 2008
363.738/74