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Although the scientific community has largely come to a consensus on global warming and the contribution of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the issue has sparked out-sized controversy within the political and media communities, where claims and assertions often are not based on objective analysis of the data. What is the data, and what have we learned from it thus far? What does it show about warming trends, sea level changes, natural climatic variation versus human-induced changes? How is such data measured, gathered, and analyzed? In short, what is the scientific evidence?
Multimedia Atlas of Global Warming and Climatology is an online compendium of 100 maps designed to graphically illustrate for students key concepts in global warming and the study of climate. Map topics were selected from the approximately 700 articles in the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Covering such disciplines as environmental studies, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, and paleoclimatology, the map topics range from what the world looked like in the past during various climate ages to predictions of sea level rise due to global warming.
Features:
- The maps are accompanied by clickable icons that deliver the data and statistics making up each map.
- Multimedia elements, including videos and full color photographs, accompany map themes and presentations.
- A video introduction by the General Editor, Thomas Eley of University of Alaska, Fairbanks, introduces the Atlas.
- A Resource Guide to key books, journals, and associations, a Glossary, and easy-to-use search-and-browse features enhance the user experience.
Available in online format only, Multimedia Atlas of Global Warming and Climatology is an engaging multimedia introduction to the key concepts of global warming and the study of climate.
- 1. Aerosol Optical Depth
- 3. Alaska Modern Glaciation, 2012
- 15. Carbon Cycle
- 16. Changes in the Distribution of the Pacific Walrus
- 2. Aerosol Particle Size
- 4. Alaska's Late Wisconsin Glaciation Maximum
- 34. Global per Capita Carbon Emissions, 1950 to 2008
- 29. Global Carbon Sinks and Sources
- 6. Albedo of the Earth, 2008
- 5. Alaska's Pleistocene Glaciation Maximum
- 36. Global Ranking of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2009
- 38. Global Temperature Change, 2012 to 2099
- 7. Analyses of Primary Productivity in the Ocean and on Land
- 14. Beringia and the Bering Land Bridge
- 43. Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere Over Time
- 41. Global Wildland Fire Projections
- 8. Annual Mean Atmospheric Pressure, July 1983 to June 2005
- 24. Geological Time Scale
- 47. Hydrologic or Water Cycle
- 58. Minimal Arctic Sea Ice Extent, September 1979 and September 2012
- 9. Annual Mean Precipitation per Capita, 2009
- 42. Gondwana Fossil Distributions
- 48. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Global Surface Warming Scenarios
- 63. Pacific Island Nations Threatened by Sea-Level Rise
- 10. Antarctic Ozone Hole
- 54. Laurasia and Gondwana
- 84. Urban Heat Islands
- 65. Projected U.S. Precipitation Changes, 2011 to 2099
- 11. Arctic Tundra
- 64. Pangaea
- 85. Urban Heat Islands: New York and Atlanta
- 66. Projected U.S. Temperature Changes, 2012 to 2099
- 12. Atmospheric Circulation
- 81. Tectonic Plates
- 92. World Malaria and Climate Change, 2010 to 2050
- 67. Redwood Distribution and Climate Change Scenarios
- 13. August Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 87. Volcanoes of the World
- 69. Sea-Level Rise Scenarios, 2010 to 2100
- 17. Changes in U.S. Tornadoes
- 88. Vostok Ice Core
- 18. Clear Sky and Total Sky Albedo, 2010
- 19. Clouds: A Visible Form of Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
- 20. Coastal Upwelling
- 21. Convection
- 22. Coriolis Effect
- 23. Fossil Fuels: Million Metric Tons of Carbon Produced Globally
- 25. Global Agricultural Lands, 2009
- 26. Global Annual Precipitation, 2009
- 27. Global Average Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere, 2008
- 28. Global Carbon Footprints, 2007
- 30. Global Cloud Fraction, 2009
- 31. Global Deforestation
- 32. Global Drinking Water Availability, 2010
- 33. Global Ocean Currents
- 35. Global per Capita Drinking Water, 2007
- 37. Global Solar Insolation, 2009
- 39. Global Tornadoes, 2012
- 40. Global Typhoons and Hurricanes, 1851 to 2006
- 41. Global Wildland Fire Projections
- 44. Greenland
- 45. Gulf Stream, 2010
- 46. Hurricane Tracks, 1851 to 2004
- 49. January and June Global Precipitation, 2005
- 50. January and June Mean Atmospheric Pressure, July 1983 to June 2005
- 51. January Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 52. La Niña
- 53. Land Surface Temperature Anomalies
- 55. Marine Biomes, 2010
- 56. Mean Annual Sea Surface Temperature
- 57. Mean Annual Surface Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 59. Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2007
- 60. Observed U.S. Temperature Change
- 61. Orographic Rainfall
- 62. Pacific El Niño
- 68. Sea and Land Breezes
- 70. Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
- 71. Seasonal Cycles: December 22
- 72. Seasonal Cycles: June 22
- 73. Seasonal Cycles: March 21
- 74. Seasonal Cycles: September 23
- 75. Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere
- 76. Solar Winds
- 77. Summer and Winter Polar Ice and Snow Extent
- 78. Summer (Rainy) Monsoon
- 79. Sunspot Prediction and Occurrence, 1995-2020
- 80. Taiga or Northern Boreal Forest
- 82. Terrestrial Biomes, 2010
- 83. Thermohaline Currents or the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt
- 86. U.S. Industrial Carbon Monoxide Emissions, 2005
- 89. Walker Circulation
- 90. Whittaker Biome Model
- 91. Winter (Dry) Monsoon
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