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A Short Introduction to Climate Change Paperback – 12 October 2012

by Tony Eggleton (Author)
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A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, Arctic ice and ocean currents. It also considers the consequences of our use of fossil fuels and discusses some of the ways to reduce further global warming. Tony Eggleton avoids the use of scientific jargon to provide a reader-friendly explanation of the science of climate change. Concise but comprehensive and richly illustrated with a wealth of full-colour figures and photographs, A Short Introduction to Climate Change is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in climate science and in the future of our planet. For more information please see http://www.tonyeggleton.id.au/
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    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    12 October 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    16.51 x 1.27 x 24.13 cm
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'… an exceptionally lucid account of the basic science of climate change … [it] provides clear insights for non-specialists into how scientists probe into the workings of the climate system and why we have confidence in what we know.' Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute

'A readable, non-technical and fascinating overview of the global warming problem by a leading Australian geologist. This succinct review provides an authoritative and convincing demonstration of the magnitude and seriousness of this problem.' Professor Tom Wigley, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

'The book fully references the relevant scientific literature throughout … Highly recommended.' M. K. Cleaveland, Choice

'… this volume has much to offer all readers and not just those who are familiar with Australia's weather and climate.' Peter Rogers, International Journal of Meteorology

'It is rare for one person to encapsulate what is known about climate change in a single manuscript. But Eggleton has done just that … As a practicing scientist who lives and breathes climate change, I find tremendous value in this book … It is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about the climate … is a book that is accessible and accurate. It is hard to imagine this could have been done better.' John Abraham, Reports of the National Center for Science Education

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This book provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (12 October 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1107618762
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1107618763
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 1.27 x 24.13 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 14

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Richard A (Tony) Eggleton

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Australian National University

My boyhood dream was to play cricket for Australia, but my average in the school’s third eleven suggested a career in science might be a better option. So with a First Class Honours degree from the University of Adelaide, I went to America to do a PhD in mineralogy, and in 1966 I was appointed to the Australian National University. I taught mineralogy, supervised post-graduate students and did research leading to over 90 research articles. My research was supported by many grants, culminating with the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (1995-2001). Along the way I was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Adelaide for my research, had the mineral eggletonite named after me, and became a Professor.

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Edward Larrissy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2023
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Balanced in that it handles complexity and counter-arguments with great clarity. Good organisation and control of argument. Examples well chosen and deployed.
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Kyrstin Teeter
5.0 out of 5 stars An easy to download e-book
Reviewed in the United States on 1 February 2019
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Downloaded this for a college course. Class was interesting and the e-book made it easier than having the actual textbook.
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Wayne Robinson
4.0 out of 5 stars A book the Australian Prime Minister should read.
Reviewed in the United States on 7 July 2014
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It's a very good fairly basic introduction to climate science. It takes a strongly Australian centred approach with its examples of global warming. It's not perfect; in one chapter the author states that the oceans and atmosphere are the thermostat of the world, which isn't true, although I understand where the author is coming from. In the same chapter, he writes that the average temperature of the Moon is minus 23 degrees Celsius (and that without the oceans and atmosphere the Earth would have much the same temperature), whereas it's actually minus 70 degrees Celsius, much lower than its predicted average from the Stefan-Boltzmann equation of around minus 6 degrees Celsius, because the lunar regolith doesn't absorb much heat and it radiates infrared radiation freely due to the lack of an atmosphere.

The Earth's oceans and atmosphere act as a heat store. Greenhouse gases slow down the loss of heat by radiation. The actual thermostat is the carbon cycle. For example, as atmospheric CO2 increases, global temperatures increase, evaporation increases, causing more rain, and - since rain is slightly acidic due to dissolved CO2 - it reacts with exposed rocks causing weathering with the runoff of calcium carbonate in rivers, which is eventually deposited as limestone in the oceans, decreasing atmospheric CO2 and causing cooling. If atmospheric CO2 decreases, causing cooling, weathering of rocks is reduced until volcanic activity replenishes atmospheric CO2 levels.

He takes a reasonable swipe at Ian Plimer and his book 'Heaven and Earth', which was not only badly written, but also mangled science shamefully - including calling the Sun a 'pulsar star' (a rapidly rotating neutron star), instead of perhaps a 'variable star' (which the Sun isn't anyway).

It was reading 'Heaven and Earth' that in part led our beloved leader Tony Abbott to call global warming 'crap', when in fact if he'd been a little more intelligent he would have realised that 'Heaven and Earth' was 'crap'.

Unfortunately, this week the conservative government is set to abolish the carbon price, and its so-called replacement - Direct Action (in which CO2 emitters are paid to reduce their emissions) - is set to be rejected by the Senate for the fig leaf it is (officially, the government accepts global warming as occurring despite most of its members being deniers).
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John
4.0 out of 5 stars Climate Change Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2013
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Tony Eggleton started by saying that it was uopto the reader to decide whether or not human intervention was responsible for climate change. However it was fairly clear early on where he feels the blame lies. That said, I found it an excellent review of the scientific literature on how our climate has changed over the course of earth's history, and the mechanisms involved. It was at a good "New scientist" level. I would recommend it to anybody interested in looing at the evidence for climate change.
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Rudders64
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent but worrying book
Reviewed in the United States on 15 September 2013
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The new Australian government should read this and take notice. The general public needs this synthesis of the current knowledge of climate science to reinvigorate the will to change path while we still have a chance!
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