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Encyclopedia of Global Warming

Table of Contents

Abrupt climate change




Adiabatic processes




Advancement of Sound Science Center




Aerosols




Biography of Louis Agassiz




Agenda 21




Agriculture and agricultural land




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




American Association for the Advancement of Science




American Association of Petroleum Geologists




American Astronomical Society




American Chemical Society




American Enterprise Institute




American Geophysical Union




American Institute of Physics




American Meteorological Society




American Physical Society




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




Biography of Gustaf Arrhenius




Biography of Svante August Arrhenius




Asia-Pacific Partnership




Asthma




Atlantic heat conveyor




Atlantic multidecadal oscillation




Atmosphere




Atmospheric boundary layer




Atmospheric chemistry




Atmospheric dynamics




Atmospheric structure and evolution




Australia




Automobile technology




Average weather




Biography of Daniel Axelrod




Bangladesh




Barrier islands




Basel Convention




Baseline emissions




Bayesian method




Benefits of climate policy




Biography of Hugh Hammond Bennett




Berlin Mandate




Biodiversity




Bioethics




Biofuels




Biotechnology




Bowen’s ratio




Brazil




Brundtland Commission and Report




Budongo Forest Project




Building decay




Byrd-Hagel Resolution




California




Canada




Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society




Canaries in the coal mine




Carbon cycle




Carbon dioxide




Carbon dioxide equivalent




Carbon dioxide fertilization




Carbon equivalent




Carbon footprint




Carbon 4 plants




Carbon isotopes




Carbon monoxide




Carbon taxes




Carbon 3 plants




Carbonaceous aerosols




Biography of Rachel Carson




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




Climate Change Science Program, U.S.




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




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




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




Biography of Charles Sutherland Elton




Biography of Cesare Emiliani




Emission scenario




Emissions standards




Employment




Endangered and threatened species




Energy efficiency




Energy from waste




Energy Policy Act of 1992




Energy resources




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




Faculae




Falsifiability rule




Famine




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




France




Fraser Institute




Freshwater




Friends of Science Society




Friends of the Earth




Fronts




Fuels, alternative




Gaia hypothesis




Gasoline prices




General circulation models




Geographical information systems




Geoid




Geological Society of America




George C. Marshall Institute




Geothermal energy




Germany




Glacial Lake Agassiz




Glaciations




Glaciers




Biography of Clarence J. Glacken




Global climate




Global Climate Coalition




Global dimming




Global economy




Global energy balance




Global Environment Facility




Global monitoring




Global surface temperature




Global warming potential




Biography of Al Gore




Greenhouse effect




Greenhouse Gas Protocol




Greenhouse gases




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-out studies




Ice shelves




Inconvenient Truth, An




India




Industrial ecology




Industrial emission controls




Industrial greenhouse emissions




Industrial Revolution




Information Council on the Environment




Institute for Trade, Standards, and Sustainable Development




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




Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone




Invasive exotic species




Iran




Islands




Isostasy




Italy




Japan




Jet stream




Journalism and journalistic ethics




Kilimanjaro




Kyoto lands




Kyoto mechanisms




Kyoto Protocol




Biography of Hubert Horace Lamb




Land use and reclamation




La Niña




Last Glacial Maximum




Latent heat flux




Lavoisier Group




Levees




Level of scientific understanding




Liberalism




Libertarianism




Lichens




Liming




Limits to Growth, The




Lithosphere




Little Ice Age




Louisiana coast




Maldives




Biography of Thomas Robert Malthus




Biography of Syukuro Manabe




Mangroves




Marginal seas




Maritime climate




Biography of George Perkins Marsh




Mass balance




Mauna Loa Record




Mean sea level




Media




Medieval Warm Period




Mediterranean climate




Mediterranean Sea




Megacities




Meridional overturning circulation




Mesosphere




Meteorology




Methane




Mexico




Microwave sounding units




Middle East




Biography of Milutin Milankovic




Military implications of global warming




Minerals and mining




Modes of climate variability




Mold spores




Monsoons




Montreal Protocol




Motor vehicles




Mount Pinatubo




National Center for Policy Analysis




National Climate Program Act




National Research Council




Natural Resources Stewardship Project




Netherlands




New Orleans




Nitrogen cycle




Nitrogen fertilization




Nitrous oxide




Noctilucent clouds




Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change




Nongovernmental organizations




Nonlinear processes




North Atlantic Oscillation




North Korea




Northwest Passage




Nuclear energy




Nuclear winter




Ocean acidification




Ocean-atmosphere coupling




Ocean disposal




Ocean dynamics




Ocean life




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




Biography of Gifford Pinchot




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




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




Biography of Roger Revelle




Biography of F. Sherwood Rowland




Rural air quality




Russian Federation




Sahara Desert




Sahel drought




Saltwater intrusion




Saudi Arabia




Biography of Carl Sauer




Biography of E. F. Schumacher




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




Sequestration




Siberian river diversion proposal




Sierra Club




Sinks




Skeptics




Skin cancer




Slab-ocean model




Soil erosion




Solar cycle




Solar energy




SourceWatch




South Africa




South Korea




Speculative fiction




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




Sustainable development




Technological change




Thermocline




Thermohaline circulation




Thermosphere




Biography of Henry David Thoreau




Thunderstorms




Tidal power




Tornadoes




Trace gases




Transportation




Tree-planting programs




Tree rings




Tropical climate




Tropical storms




Troposphere




Tsunamis




Tundra




Tuvalu




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




United States




Urban heat island




U.S. and European politics




U.S. Climate Action Report, 2002




U.S. energy policy




U.S. legislation




Venice




Volatile organic compounds




Volcanoes




Biography of Gilbert Walker




Walker circulation




Water quality




Water resources, global




Water resources, North American




Water rights




Water vapor




Wave power




Weather forecasting




Weather vs. climate




Biography of Alfred Wegener




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