Cotton, W. R. & Pielke, R. A.
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate 2nd ed.
Cambridge University Press 2007.2
330 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-521-84086-4
16,700円
Contents
Part I. The Rise and Fall of the Science of Weather Modification: 1. The rise of the science of weather modification; 2. The glory years of weather modification; 3. The fall of the science of weather modification; Part II. Inadvertent Human Impacts on Regional Weather and Climate: 4. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases; 5. Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather; 6. Other land-use/land-cover changes; 7. Concluding remarks; 8. Overview of global climate forcings and feedbacks; 9. Climatic effects and anthropogenic aerosols; 10. Nuclear winter; 11. Global effects of land-use/land-cover changes and vegetation dynamics; Epilogue; Index.
* The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. The natural variability of weather and climate greatly complicates our ability to determine a clear cause-and-effect relationship to human activity. The authors describe the basic theories and critique them in simple and accessible terms. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in how humans are affecting the global climate. *
van Drunen, M. A. et al. ed.
Climate Change in Developing Countries
CABI Pub. 2006.9
272 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-84593-077-0
21,200円
Contents
1. Introduction and NCCSAP methodology/ 2. Country experiences and highlights/ 3. Cross country syntheses/ 4. Evaluation, lessons learned and outlook/
* This book presents an overview of the studies conducted by the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance programme. The programme was set up in recognition of the need for developing countries, in particular, to face the challenges confronting all countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The book presents an overview of the main results in 13 countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Suriname, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. *
Sweet, W.
Kicking the Carbon Habit
Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy
Columbia University Press 2006.
256 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-231-13710-9
4,800円
Contents
1.The Case for Sharply Cutting U.S.Greenhouse Gas Emission/ Pt.1.Coal: A Faustian Bargain with Payments Coming Due : 2.The Basis of it all: Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian/ 3.The Air We Breathe: The Human Costs of Coal Combustion/ 4.From Outer Space: Asia's Brown Cloud, and More/ Pt.2.Climate: the Lockstep Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature : 5.The Drillers/ 6.The Modelers/ 7.The Synthesizers/ Pt.3.Choices: The Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Technologies We can Deploy Right Now : 8.Breaking the Carbon Habit/ 9.Going All Out for Renewables, Conservation, and Green Design/ 10.Natural Gas, Gasoline, and the Vision of a Hydrogen Economy/ 11.A Second Look at Nuclear Energy/ Conclusion/ Acknowledgements/ Notes/ Bibliography/ Index/ *
Bodri, L. & Cermak, V.
Borehole Climatology
A New Method How to Reconstruct Climate
Elsevier Science Ltd. 2007.9
352 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-08-045320-1
26,800円
Contents
Preface Chapter I. Background and History of the Problem Chapter II. Climate Change and Subsurface Temperature Chapter III. Ground Temperature Histories: evidence of changing climate Chapter IV. Subsurface Temperature Monitoring: present-day temperature change and its variability **
* Climate for the 21st century is expected to be considerably different from the present and recent past. Industrialization growth combined with the increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and massive deforestation are well above the values over the past several decades and are expected to further grow. Air temperature is rising rapidly well as does the weather variability producing frequent extreme events. Six of the ten warmest years occurred in the 1990s. Temperatures predicted for the 21st century ranges well above the present day value. The time period of the last 100-200 years covered by the direct meteorological observations is too short and does not provide material to reliably assess what may happen over the next hundred(s) years. *
Cowie, J.
Climate Change
Biological and Human Aspects
Cambridge University Press 2007.7
504 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-521-87399-1
16,400円
Contents
Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. An introduction to climate change; 2. Principal indicators of past climates; 3. Past climate change; 4. The Oligocene to the Quaternary: climate and biology; 5. Present climate and biological change; 6. Current warming and likely future impacts; 7. Human ecology of climate change; 8. Sustainability and policy; Appendix 1. Glossary and acronyms; Appendix 2. Bio-geological timescale; Appendix 3. Calculations of energy demand/supply, and orders of magnitude; Index.
* In recent years climate change has become recognised as the foremost environmental problem of the twenty-first century. Not only will climate change potentially affect the multibillion dollar energy strategies of countries worldwide, but it also could seriously affect many species, including our own. A fascinating introduction to the subject, this textbook provides a broad review of past, present and likely future climate change from the viewpoints of biology, ecology and human ecology. *
Rozema, J. et al. ed.
Plants and Climate Change
植物と気候の変化
(Tasks for Vegetation Science, Vol. 41)
Springer-Verlag 2006.3
260 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4020-4442-9
20,600円
Contents
Global climate change: atmospheric CO2 enrichment, global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion. 1. Responses of terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems to climate change/ 2. Vascular plant responses to elevated CO2 in a temperate lowland Sphagnum peatland/ 3. Moss responses to elevated CO2 and variation in hydrology in a temperate lowland peatland/ 4. From transient to steady-state response of ecosystems to atmospheric CO2-enrichment and global climate change: conceptual challenges and need for an integrated approach/ 5. Plant performance in a warmer world: general responses of plants from cold, northern biomes and the importance of winter and spring events/ 6. Stable isotope ratios as a tool for assessing changes in carbon and nutrient sources in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems/ 7. Upscaling regional emissions of greenhouse gases from rice cultivation: methods and sources of uncertainty/ 8. Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on nitrogen fixation in arctic ecosystems/ 9. Stratospheric ozone depletion: high arctic tundra plant growth on Svalbard is not affected by enhanced/ 10. Outdoor studies on the effects of solar UV-B on bryophytes: overview and methodology/ 11. A vegetation, climate and environment reconstruction based on palynological analyses of high arctic tundra peat cores (5000-6000 years BP) from Svalbard/ 12. Physiognomic and chemical characters in wood as Palaeoclimate proxies/ 13. The occurrence of p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid in fossil plant materials and their use as UV-proxy/ 14. Biomacromolecules of algae and plants and their fossil analogues/ *
Pritchard, S. G. & Amthor, J.S.
Crops and Environmental Change
An Introduction to Effects of Global Warming, Increasing Atmospheric CO2 and
O3 Concentrations, and Soil Salinization on Crop Physiology and Yield
Food Products Press 2005.
421 pp.(P)
ISBN 1-56022-913-6
7,400円
Contents
1. Introduction/ 2. Methods of Studying Effects of Environmental Change on Crops/ 3. Cellular Responses to the Environment/ 4. Water Relations/ 5. Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Biosynthesis/ 6. Partitioning of Photosynthate/ 7. Mineral Nutrition/ 8. Vegetative Growth and Development/ 9. Sexual Reproduction, Grain Yield, and Grain Quality/ 10. The Biotic Environment/ Appendix A: List of Plant Species/ Appendix B: Definition of U.S. ﾒPrincipal Cropsﾓ/ References/ Index/ *
Metz, B. et al. ed.
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
IPCC Special Report
Cambridge University Press 2005.
431 pp.(P)
ISBN 0-521-68551-6
9,500円
Contents
Summary for Policymarkers/ Technical Summary/ 1.Introduction/ 2.Sources of CO2/ 3.Capture of CO2/ 4.Transport of CO2/ 5.Underground Geological Storage/ 6.Ocean Storage/ 7.Mineral Carbonation and Industrial Uses of Carbon Dioxide/ 8.Costs and Economic Potential/ 9.Implications of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Accounting/ Annexes : A1.Properties of CO2 and Carbon-Based Fuels/ A2.Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations/ A3.Units/ A4.Authors and Reviewers/ A5.List of Major IPCC Reports/ *
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