附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Ozone Hole -- 3. The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. Computing Weather and Climate -- 5. Reacting to Climate Change -- 6. Global Change Causes and Remedies -- 7. Air Pollution and Acid Rain -- 8. The Future of Planet Earth -- 9. On Scientists and Doing Science.
摘要:The Forgiving Air is an authoritative, up-to-date handbook on global change. Written by a scientist for nonscientists, this primer humanizes the great environmental issues of our time - the hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and air pollution - and explains everything in accessible prose. A new preface takes into account developments in environmental policy that have occurred since publication. Highlighting the interrelatedness of human activity and global change, Richard Somerville stresses the importance of an educated public in a world where the role of science is increasingly critical. -- Provided by publisher.
