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Encyclopedia of Climate Change, Second Edition

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Contributors




Abbreviations and Acronyms




Common Units of Measure




Table Of Contents




Categorized List of Contents




Editor’s Introduction




Abrupt climate change




Adiabatic processes




Advancement of Sound Science Center




Aerosols




Agassiz, Louis




Agenda 21




Agriculture and the Environment




Agroforestry




Air conditioning and air-cooling technology




Air pollution and pollutants: anthropogenic




Air pollution and pollutants: natural




Air pollution history




Air quality standards and measurement




Air travel




Albedo feedback




Alkalinity




Alleroed oscillation




Alliance of Small Island States




Amazon deforestation and global warming




American Association for the Advancement of Science




American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)




American Astronomical Society




American Chemical Society (ACS)




American Enterprise Institute (AEI)




American Geophysical Union (AGU)




American Institute of Physics (AIP)




American Meteorological Society




American Physical Society (APS)




Amphibians




Animal husbandry practices




Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol




Antarctic Treaty




Antarctica: threats and responses




Anthropogenic climate change




Anthropogeomorphology




Aral Sea desiccation




Arctic




Arctic peoples




Arctic seafloor claims




Arrhenius, Gustaf




Arrhenius, Svante August




Asia-Pacific Partnership




Asthma




Atlantic heat conveyor




Atlantic multidecadal oscillation




Atmosphere




Atmospheric boundary layer




Atmospheric chemistry




Atmospheric dynamics




Atmospheric Rivers




Atmospheric structure and evolution




Australia




Automobile technology




Average weather




Axelrod, Daniel




Bakken Formation




Bangladesh




Barrier islands and global warming




Basel Convention




Baseline emissions




Bayesian method




Benefits of climate policy




Bennett, Hugh Hammond




Berlin Mandate




Biodiversity and climate change




Bioethics and global warming




Biofuels




Biotechnology




Bowen’s ratio




Brazil




Brundtland Commission and Report




Budongo Forest Project




Byrd-Hagel Resolution




California




Canada




Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society




Canaries in the coal mine




Carbon 3 plants




Carbon 4 plants




Carbon cycle




Carbon dioxide




Carbon dioxide equivalent




Carbon dioxide fertilization




Carbon equivalent




Carbon footprint




Carbon isotopes




Carbon Monoxide




Carbon taxes




Carbonaceous aerosols




Carson, Rachel




Catalytic converters




Catastrophist-cornucopian debate




Cato Institute




Cement and concrete




Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change




Certified emissions reduction




Charcoal




Chemical industry




China, People’s Republic of




Chlorofluorocarbons and related compounds




Cities for Climate Protection




Civilization and the Environment




Clathrates




Clean Air Acts, U.S.




Clean development mechanism




Clean energy




Climate and the climate system




Climate change and global warming




Climate Change Science Program, U.S.




Climate change skeptics




Climate engineering




Climate feedback




Climate lag




Climate models and modeling




Climate prediction and projection




Climate Project




Climate reconstruction




Climate sensitivity




Climate variability




Climate zones




Climatology




Clouds and cloud feedback




Coal




Coastal impacts of global climate change




Coastline changes




Collapse




Colorado River transformation




Competitive Enterprise Institute




Composting




Conservation and preservation




Conservatism




Conspiracy theories




Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research




Continental climate




Contrails




Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)




Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species




Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution




Cooler Heads Coalition




Coriolis effect




Cosmic rays




Cryosphere




Damages: market and nonmarket




Dating methods




Day After Tomorrow, The




Deforestation




Deglaciation




Desalination of seawater




Desertification




Deserts




Dew point




Diatoms




Diseases




Displaced persons and refugees




Dolphins and porpoises




Downscaling




Drought




Dust storms and global warming




Earth history




Earth motions




Earth structure and development




Earth Summits




Earthquakes




Easter Island




Eastern Europe




Ecocentrism vs. technocentrism




Ecological impact of global climate change




Economics of global climate change




Ecosystems




Ecotaxation




Ecoterrorism




Education about global climate change




8.2ka event




Ekman transport and pumping




El Niño-Southern Oscillation and global warming




Elton, Charles Sutherland




Emiliani, Cesare




Emission scenario




Emissions standards




Employment




Endangered and threatened species




Energy efficiency




Energy from waste




Energy Policy Act of 1992




Energy resources and global warming




Engineers Australia




Enhanced greenhouse effect




Environmental economics




Environmental law




Environmental movement




Estuaries




Ethanol




Europe and the European Union




Evapotranspiration




Extinctions and mass extinctions




Extreme weather events




Eyjafjallajökull




Faculae




Falsifiability rule




Famine from global warming




Fire




Fishing industry, fisheries, and fish farming




Flood barriers, movable




Floods and flooding




Florida




Fog




Food and Agriculture Organization




Forcing mechanisms




Forestry and forest management




Forests




Fossil fuel emissions




Fossil fuel reserves




Fossil fuels and global warming




Fracking




France




Fraser Institute




Freshwater




Friends of Science Society




Friends of the Earth




Fronts




Fuels, alternative




Gaia hypothesis




Gasoline prices




General circulation models




Geographic Information Systems in Climatology




Geoid




Geological Society of America (GSA)




George C. Marshall Institute




Geothermal energy




Germany




Glacial Lake Agassiz




Glaciations




Glaciers




Glacken, Clarence J.




Global Cooling Event of AD 535-547




Global climate




Global Climate Coalition




Global dimming




Global economy and climate change




Global energy balance




Global Environment Facility (GEF)




Global monitoring




Global surface temperature




Global Warming Hiatus




Global warming potential




Gore, Al




Greenhouse effect




Greenhouse Gas Protocol




Greenhouse gases and global warming




Greening Earth Society




Greenland ice cap




Greenpeace




Ground ice




Groundwater




Group of 77 and China




Gulf Stream




Gyres




Hadley circulation




Halocarbons




Halons




Health impacts of global warming




Heartland Institute




Heat capacity




Heat content




Heat vs. temperature




Heritage Foundation




Heterotrophic respiration




High global warming potential




High Park Group




Hockey stick graph




Holocene climate




Hubbert’s peak




Human behavior change




Human migration




Humidity




Hybrid automobiles




Hydroelectricity




Hydrofluorocarbons




Hydrogen power




Hydrologic cycle




Hydrosphere




Ice cores




Ice shelves




Ice-out studies




Inconvenient Truth, An




India




Industrial ecology




Industrial emission controls




Industrial greenhouse emissions




Industrial Revolution and global warming




Information Council on the Environment




Institute for Trade, Standards, and Sustainable Development




Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone




Intergenerational equity




Interglacials




Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change




Intergovernmental Panel on Forests




International agreements and cooperation




International Atomic Energy Agency




International Council for Science




International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme




International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change




International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis




International Policy Network




International Union for Conservation of Nature




International waters




Invasive exotic species




Iran




Islands




Isostasy




Italy




Japan




Jet stream




Journalism and journalistic ethics




Kilimanjaro




Kyoto lands




Kyoto mechanisms




Kyoto Protocol




La Niña




Lamb, Hubert Horace




Land use and reclamation




Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)




Latent heat flux




Lavoisier Group




Levees




Level of scientific understanding




Liberalism




Libertarianism




Lichens




Liming




The Limits to Growth (book)




Lithosphere




Little Ice Age (LIA)




Louisiana coast




Maldives




Malthus, Thomas Robert




Manabe, Syukuro




Mangroves




Marginal seas




Maritime climate




Marsh, George Perkins




Mass balance




Mauna Loa Record




Mean sea level




Media




Medieval Warm Period (MWP)




Mediterranean climate




Mediterranean Sea




Megacities




Meridional overturning circulation (MOC)




Mesosphere




Meteorology




Methane




Mexico




Microwave sounding units




Middle East




Milanković, Milutin




Military implications of global warming




Minerals and mining




Modes of climate variability




Mold spores




Monsoons




Montreal Protocol




Motor vehicles




Mount Pinatubo




Mount Toba Eruption




National Center for Policy Analysis




National Climate Program Act




National Research Council (NRC)




Natural Resources Stewardship Project




Netherlands




New Orleans




Nitrogen cycle




Nitrogen fertilization




Nitrous oxide




Noctilucent clouds




Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change




Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and climate change




Nonlinear processes




North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)




North Korea




Northwest Passage




Nuclear energy




Nuclear winter




Obama Administration Efforts on Climate Change




Ocean acidification




Ocean disposal




Ocean dynamics




Ocean life




Ocean-atmosphere coupling




Offsetting




Oil industry




Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine




Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries




Oxygen, atmospheric




Oxygen isotopes




Ozone




Paleoclimates and paleoclimate change




Parameterization




Particulates




Peer review




Penguins




Perfluorocarbons




Permafrost




Pesticides and pest management




Petroleum hydrocarbons in the ocean




pH




Phosphorus cycle




Photosynthesis




Pinchot, Gifford




Planetary atmospheres and evolution




Plankton




Plate tectonics




Pleistocene climate




Poland




Polar bears




Polar climate




Polar stratospheric clouds




Polar vortex




Pollen analysis




Polluter pays principle




Popular culture




Population growth




Portfolio analysis




Poverty and climate change




Precautionary approach




Preindustrial society




Pseudoscience and junk science




Radiative damping




Radiative forcing




Rainfall patterns




Ramsar Convention




Reason Public Policy Institute




Reefs




Regional, local, and microclimates




Religious Right




Renewable energy




Reservoirs, pools, and stocks




Residence time




Response time




Revelle, Roger




Rowland, F. Sherwood




Rural air quality




Russian Federation




Sahara Desert




Sahel drought




Saltwater intrusion




Santorini (Thera)




Saudi Arabia




Sauer, Carl




Schumacher, E. F.




Science and Public Policy Institute




Scientific Alliance




Scientific credentials




Scientific proof




Sea ice




Sea-level change




Sea sediments




Sea surface temperatures




Seasonal changes




Second Assessment Report




Security




Seesaw: Polar (or Bipolar)




Sequestration




Siberian river diversion proposal




Sierra Club




Sinks




Skin cancer




Slab-ocean model




Soil erosion




Solar cycle




Solar energy




SourceWatch




South Africa




South Korea




Speculative Fiction and Climate Change




Stockholm Declaration




Storm surges




Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London




Stratosphere




Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice




Sulfate aerosols




Sulfur cycle




Sulfur hexafluoride




Sun




Sun Protection




Sunspots




Supreme Court & Climate Change




Sustainable development




Technological change




Thermocline




Thermohaline circulation (THC)




Thermosphere




Thoreau, Henry David




Thunderstorms




Tidal power




Tornadoes




Trace gases




Transportation




Tree-planting programs




Tree rings




Tropical climate




Tropical storms




Troposphere




Tsunamis




Tundra




Tuvalu




2015 El Niño




U.S. and European Politics




U.S. Climate Action Report, 2002




U.S. energy policy




U.S. legislation




Ukraine




Ultraviolet radiation




Union of Concerned Scientists




United Kingdom




United Nations Climate Change Conference




United Nations Conference on Environment and Development




United Nations Conference on the Human Environment




United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea




United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification




United Nations Division for Sustainable Development




United Nations Environment Programme




United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)




United States




Urban heat island (UHI)




Venice




Volatile organic compounds




Volcanoes




Walker circulation




Walker, Gilbert




Water quality




Water resources, global




Water resources, North American




Water rights




Water vapor




Wave power and global warming




Weather forecasting




Weather vs. climate




Wegener, Alfred




Western Fuels Association




Wetlands




WGII LESS scenarios




Whales




Wind power




World Bank




World Health Organization




World Heritage Sites




World Meteorological Organization




World Trade Organization




Younger Dryas




Mediagraphy




Time Line




Glossary




General Bibliography




Web Sites