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Print Price: $13.50

Format:
Paperback
152 pp.
10 b/w line drawings, 111 mm x 174 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199641130

Publication date:
July 2013

Imprint: OUP UK


Climate: A Very Short Introduction

Mark Maslin

Series : Very Short Introductions

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.

Readership : General readers interested in climate, as well as students of climate studies, geography, the environment, and earth sciences.

1. What is climate?
2. Climate, atmosphere, and oceans
3. Weather versus climate
4. Origins of the modern climate system
5. Climate and life
6. Climate cooling
7. Climate and civilization
8. Future climate change
9. Fixing climate

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Mark Maslin is Professor of Geography at UCL and Director of the Environment Institute. He is also the author of Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction.

Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction - Mark Maslin
The Earth - Martin Redfern

Special Features

  • A wide-ranging look at all aspects of the global climate system.
  • Discusses the relationship and differences between climate and weather.
  • Looks at the origins of our modern climate system, as well as climates of the past.
  • Considers how climate has affected human settlements and life on Earth.
  • Looks at climate change and what is being done about it.
  • Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series.