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28 Climate Change Elevator Pitches

By Rob Honeycutt

Release : 2017-01-16

Genre : Earth Sciences, Books, Science & Nature

Kind : ebook

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If you stepped into an elevator and had 2 minutes to explain some aspect of climate science to someone, could you do it? Most people lack the time to become fully informed on this critical issue. The science is complex and varied. Here are 28 quick pitches to help you better understand this issue which we should all be concerned about.

Chapters

01  ancient sunlight
02  radiative gases
03  the greenhouse effect
04  the carbon cycle
05  the climate system
06  condensing and non-condensing gases
07  trace gases
08  solar irradiance
09  volcanoes
10  silicate rock weathering
11  rising CO2 concentrations
12  tipping points
13  geological evidence of CO2 effects
14  glacial-interglacial cycles
15  temperature data sets
16  temperature reconstructions
17  extreme weather
18  tropospheric hot spot
19  ocean warming
20  sea level rise
21  ocean acidification
22  permafrost and methane clathrates
23  polar amplification
24  glaciers
25  greenland ice sheet
26  arctic sea ice
27  antarctic sea ice
28  antarctic continental ice sheets

28 Climate Change Elevator Pitches

By Rob Honeycutt

Release : 2017-01-16

Genre : Earth Sciences, Books, Science & Nature

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
If you stepped into an elevator and had 2 minutes to explain some aspect of climate science to someone, could you do it? Most people lack the time to become fully informed on this critical issue. The science is complex and varied. Here are 28 quick pitches to help you better understand this issue which we should all be concerned about.

Chapters

01  ancient sunlight
02  radiative gases
03  the greenhouse effect
04  the carbon cycle
05  the climate system
06  condensing and non-condensing gases
07  trace gases
08  solar irradiance
09  volcanoes
10  silicate rock weathering
11  rising CO2 concentrations
12  tipping points
13  geological evidence of CO2 effects
14  glacial-interglacial cycles
15  temperature data sets
16  temperature reconstructions
17  extreme weather
18  tropospheric hot spot
19  ocean warming
20  sea level rise
21  ocean acidification
22  permafrost and methane clathrates
23  polar amplification
24  glaciers
25  greenland ice sheet
26  arctic sea ice
27  antarctic sea ice
28  antarctic continental ice sheets

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