Climate Change -

- a brief introduction for scientists and engineers
- or anyone else who has to do something about it
Climate change has been written about at many levels, from popular articles in newspapers, to specialized research papers in the scientific literature. This publication aims to provide a short (approximately 100 pages) technical overview, meant for anyone who has to deal with the issues involved and who has studied a science subject at secondary school or higher level. Climate change covers the whole spread of the sciences, from the physics of the Sun to the biology of oceanic plankton. Chapters consider: the science of climate change; the greenhouse gases; how people use energy; using models to forecast future climate; reducing the release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere; geoengineering as a way of counteracting climate change; energy from biomass; sources of energy that do not depend on carbon; adapting to climate change; and, economic incentives to reduce emissions.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/reviews/Climate_Change_Draft_B03.p...