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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Maslin, Mark, author.     Subjects     Climatology.     Climatology -- History.     Climatology -- Forecasting.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Maslin, Mark, author.       by title:      Climate : a very sho...         MARC Display

Climate : a very short introduction / Mark Maslin. by Maslin, Mark, author. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. Subjects Climatology.   Climatology -- History.   Climatology -- Forecasting. ISBN:  9780199641130 (pbk.) 0199641137 (pbk.) Series:  Very short introductions. Description:  xii, 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm. Edition:  First edition. Contents:  What is climate? -- Atmosphere and oceans -- Weather versus climate -- Extreme climates -- Tectonics and climate -- Global climate cooling -- Great ice ages -- Future climate change -- Fixing climate change -- Ultimate climate change. Requests:  0 Summary:  In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the different components that control climate on Earth. He considers the processes that allow energy to reach the Earth and how it is redistributed around the planet by the ocean-atmosphere system; the relationship and differences between climate and the weather; how climate has affected life on Earth and human settlements; and the cyclic and quasi-cyclic features of climate such as the Milankovitch cycles and El Nino. He concludes by touching on the issue of climate change, and outlines some of the approaches that are now being taken to tackle it.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.6 Ma Claimed Returned 03/15/2018 Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 551.6 Ma Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.6 Maslin Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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