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100 1  $a Cowie, Jonathan.
245 1  $a Climate change : $b biological and human aspects / $c Jonathan Cowie.
260    $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2007.
300    $a xvi, 487 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $t References -- $t Acknowledgements -- $g 2.7. $t introduction to climate change -- $g 1.1. Weather or climate -- $g 1.2. The $t greenhouse effect -- $g 1.3. The $t carbon cycle -- $g 1.4. $t Natural changes in the carbon cycle -- $g 1.5. $t Pacemaker of the glacial-interglacial cycles -- $g 1.6. $t Non-greenhouse influences on climate -- $g 1.7. The $t water cycle, climate change and biology -- $g 1.8. $t From theory to reality -- $g 1.9. $t References -- $g 2. $t Principal indicators of past climates -- $g 2.1. $t Terrestrial biotic climatic proxies -- $g 2.1.1. $t Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) -- $g 2.1.2. $t Isotopic dendrochronology -- $g 2.1.3. $t Leaf shape (morphology) -- $g 2.1.4. Leaf physiology -- $g 2.1.5. $t Pollen and spore analysis -- $g 2.1.6. $t Species as climate proxies -- $g 2.2. $t Marine biotic climatic proxies -- $g 2.2.1. $t ¹⁸O isotope analysis of forams and corals -- $g 2.2.2. $t Alkenone analysis -- $g 2.3. $t Non-biotic indicators -- $g 2.3.1. $t Isotopic analysis of water -- $g 2.3.2. $t Boreholes -- $g 2.3.3. $t Carbon dioxide and methane records as palaeoclimatic forcing agents -- $g 2.3.4. $t Dust as an indicator of dry-wet hemispheric climates -- $g 2.4. $t Other indicators -- $g 2.5. $t Interpreting indicators -- $g 2.6. $t Conclusions -- $g 2.7. $t References --
505 00 $g 3.5. $t References -- $g 3.1. $t Early biology and climate of the Hadean and Archeaen eons (4.6-2.5 billion years ago, bya) -- $g 3.1.1. The $t pre-biotic Earth (4.6-3.8 bya) -- $g 3.1.2.  The $t early biotic Earth (3.8-2.3 bya) -- $g 3.2. $t Major bio-climatic events of the Proterozoic eon (2.5-0.542 bya) -- $g 3.2.1. $t Earth in the anaerobic-aerobic transition (2.6-1.7 bya) -- $g 3.2.2. The $t aerobic Earth (from 1.7 bya) -- $g 3.3. $t Major bio-climatic events of the pre-Quaternary Phanerozoic (540-2 mya) -- $g 3.3.1. $t Late-Ordovician extinction (455-435 mya) -- $g 3.3.2. $t Late-Devonian extinction (365-363.5 mya) -- $g 3.3.3. $t Vascular plants and the atmospheric depletion of carbon dioxide (350-275 mya) -- $g 3.3.4. $t Permo-Carboniferous glaciation (330-250 mya) -- $g 3.3.5. $t End-Permian extinction (251 mya) -- $g 3.3.6. $t End-Triassic extinction (205 mya) -- $g 3.3.7. $t Toarcian (early (late lower) Jurassic) extinction (183 mya) -- $g 3.3.8. $t Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction (65.5 mya) -- $g 3.3.9. $t Eocene climatic maximum (55-54.8 mya) -- $g 3.3.10. $t Eocene-Oligocene extinction (approximately 35 mya ; or 33.9 mya?) -- $g 3.3.11. $t Late Miocene expansion of C₄ grasses (14-9 mya) -- $g 3.4. $t Summary -- $g 3.5. $t References --
505 00 $g 4.8. $t References -- $g 4.1. The $t Oligocene (33.9-23.03 mya) -- $g 4.2. The $t end Miocene (9-5.3 mya) -- $g 4.3. The $t Pliocene (5.3-1.8 mya) -- $g 4.4. The $t current ice age -- $g 4.5. The $t last glacial -- $g 4.5.1. $t Overview of temperature, carbon dioxide and timing -- $g 4.5.2. $t Ice and sea level -- $g 4.5.3. $t Temperature changes within the glacial -- $g 4.5.4. $t Biological and environmental impacts of the last glacial -- $g 4.6. $t Interglacials and the present climate -- $g 4.6.1. $t Previous interglacials -- $g 4.6.2. The $t Allerød, Bølling and Younger Dryas (14 600-11 600 years ago) -- $g 4.6.3. The $t Holocene (11 500 years ago, the Industrial Revolution) -- $g 4.6.4. $t Biological response to the last glacial, LGM and Holocene transition -- $g 4.7. $t Summary -- $g 4.8. $t References --
505 00 $g 5.5. $t References -- $g 5.1. $t Recent climate change -- $g 5.1.1. The $t latter half of the Little Ice Age -- $g 5.1.2. $t Twentieth-century climate -- $g 5.1.3. $t Twenty-first-century climate -- $g 5.1.4. The $t Holocene interglacial beyond the twenty-first century -- $g 5.1.5. $t Holocene summary -- $g 5.2. $t Human change arising from the Holocene climate -- $g 5.2.1. $t Climatic impacts on early human civilisations -- $g 5.2.2. The $t Little Ice Age's human impact -- $g 5.2.3. $t Increasing twentieth-century human climatic insulation -- $g 5.3. $t Climate and business as usual in the twenty-first century -- $g 5.3.1. $t IPCC business as usual -- $g 5.3.2. $t Uncertainties and the IPCC's conclusions -- $g 5.4. $t Current human influences on the carbon cycle -- $g 5.4.1. $t Carbon dioxide -- $g 5.4.2. $t Methane -- $g 5.4.3. $t Halocarbons -- $g 5.4.4. $t Nitrous oxide -- $g 5.5. $t References --
505 00 $g 6.6. $t References -- $g 6.1. $t Current biological symptoms of warming -- $g 6.1.1. $t Current boreal dendrochronological response -- $g 6.1.2. $t Current tropical-rainforest response -- $g 6.1.3. $t Some biological dimensions of the climatic-change fingerprint -- $g 6.1.4. $t Phenology -- $g 6.1.5. $t Biological communities and species shift -- $g 6.2. $t Case study : climate and natural systems in the USA -- $g 6.3. $t Case study : climate and natural systems in the UK -- $g 6.4. $t Biological response to greenhouse trends beyond the twenty-first century -- $g 6.5. $t Possible surprise responses to greenhouse trends in the twenty-first century and beyond -- $g 6.5.1. $t Extreme weather events -- $g 6.5.2. $t Greenhouse gases -- $g 6.5.3. $t Sea-level rise -- $g 6.5.4. $t Methane hydrates (methane clathrates) -- $g 6.5.5. $t Volcanoes -- $g 6.5.6. $t Oceanic and atmospheric circulation -- $g 6.5.7. $t Ocean acidity -- $g 6.5.8. The $t probability of surprises -- $g 6.6. $t References --
505 00 $g 7.7. $t References -- $g 7.1. $t Population (past, present and future) and its environmental impact -- $g 7.1.1. $t Population and environmental impact -- $g 7.1.2. $t Past and present population -- $g 7.1.3. $t Future population -- $g 7.1.4. $t Food -- $g 7.1.5. $t Impact on other species -- $g 7.2. $t Energy supply -- $g 7.2.1. $t Energy supply, the historical context -- $g 7.2.2. $t Future energy supply -- $g 7.3. $t Human health and climate change -- $g 7.3.1. $t Health and weather extremes -- $g 7.3.2. $t Climate change and disease -- $g 7.3.3. $t Flooding and health -- $g 7.3.4. $t Droughts -- $g 7.4. $t Climate change and food security -- $g 7.4.1. $t Past and present food security -- $g 7.4.2. $t Future food security and climate change -- $g 7.5. The $t biology of reducing anthropogenic climate change -- $g 7.5.1. $t Terrestrial photosynthesis and soil carbon -- $g 7.5.2. $t Manipulating marine photosynthesis -- $g 7.5.3. $t Biofuels -- $g 7.6. $t Summary and conclusions -- $g 7.7. $t References --
505 00 $g 8.2.6. $t Overall prospects for fossil-carbon savings to 2025 -- $g 8.1. $t Key developments of sustainability policy -- $g 8.1.1. $t UN Conference on the Human Environment (1972) -- $g 8.1.2. The $t Club of Rome's Limits to Growth (1972) -- $g 8.1.3. $t World Climate Conference (1979) -- $g 8.1.4. The $t World Conservation Strategy (1980 ) -- $g 8.1.5. The $t Brandt Report, Common Crisis North-South (1980) -- $g 8.1.6. The $t Brundtland, World Commission on Environment and Development Report (1987) -- $g 8.1.7. $t United Nations' Conference on the Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro (1992) -- $g 8.1.8. The $t Kyoto Protocol (1997) -- $g 8.1.9. $t Johannesburg Summit, UNCED+10 (2002) -- $g 8.1.10. $t Post 2002 -- $g 8.2. $t Energy sustainability and carbon (global) -- $g 8.2.1. $t Prospects for savings from changes in land use -- $g 8.2.2. $t Prospects for savings from improvements in energy efficiency -- $g 8.2.3. $t Prospects for fossil-carbon savings from renewable energy -- $g 8.2.4. $t Prospects for carbon-capture technology -- $g 8.2.5. $t Prospects for nuclear options -- $g 8.2.6. $t Overall prospects for fossil-carbon savings to 2025 --
505 00 $g 8.6. $t Appendix 4 : The IPCC 2007 report. $g 8.3.1. $t Case history : USA -- $g 8.3.2. $t Case history : UK -- $g 8.3.3. $t Case history : China and India -- $g 8.4. $t Possible future energy options -- $g 8.4.1. $t Managing fossil-carbon emissions, the scale of the problem -- $g 8.4.2. $t Fossil futures -- $g 8.4.3. $t Nuclear futures -- $g 8.4.4. $t Renewable futures -- $g 8.4.5. $t Low-energy futures -- $g 8.4.6. $t Possible future energy options and greenhouse gases -- $g 8.5. $t Future human and biological change -- $g 8.5.1. The $t ease and difficulty of adapting to future impacts -- $g 8.5.2. $t Future climate change and human health -- $g 8.5.3. $t Future climate and human-ecology implications for wildlife -- $g 8.5.4. $t Reducing future anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions -- $g 8.5.5. A $t final conclusion -- $g 8.6. $t References -- $t Appendix 1 : Glossary and abbreviations -- $t Glossary -- $t Abbreviations -- $t Appendix 2 : Bio-geological chronology -- $t Appendix 3 : Calculations of energy demand/supply and orders of magnitude -- $t Calculations of energy demand/supply -- $t Orders of magnitude -- $t Sources -- $t Appendix 4 : The IPCC 2007 report.
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