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The authors describe in clear, accessible language how scientists use clues embedded in rocks, ice cores, ocean sediment, and tree rings to construct the story of long-term climate change. Also explored are the causes of long-term climate change, with an emphasis on the recent human contribution to change; effects these changes have had on the evolution of life; and scientific predictions of the future. Plentiful color photographs and diagrams. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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In Atmosphere, Climate, and Change, world renowned experts on the chemistry of the atmosphere Thomas E. Graedel and Paul J. Crutzen take us behind the scenes of local climate change to reveal the workings of the atmosphere in its larger context, as a component of Earth as a system. By exploring the causes of long-term climate change and the sources and pitfalls of scientific prediction, they give us a new understanding of what changes are likely to occur in the future, and what can be done about them.
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