Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science, Society, and Solutions [3 Volumes]

This three-volume set presents entries and primary sources that will impress on readers that what we do—or don't do—today regarding climate change will dramatically influence what life on this planet will be like for untold numbers of generations. How are the behaviors of birds, butterflies, and other migratory animals connected to climate change? What does the term "thermal inertia" mean, and what does this geophysical effect have on predicting what the planet's future will be like? What is the context for the effects we are seeing on various forms of animal life, from migrating birds to polar bears to mosquitoes that transmit Zika and other diseases? Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science, Society, and Solutions combines entries describing Earth's variable climatic history, references to scientific literature, weather record data, and selected primary documents to present readers with a comprehensive account of global warming's effects worldwide. By examining verifiable, quantitative information such as the frequency and intensity of hurricanes and changes in the hydrological cycle, as well as clear patterns and trends of alternating droughts and deluges and wildfires, melting ice, and rising seas, readers will be able to understand why scientists are so concerned about the future of our climate. Researchers will benefit from detailed explanations of scientific topics such as thermal inertia, feedbacks, and tipping points; and receive invaluable context on the role of energy use in climate change, including automobiles and air travel. Readers will learn about the role of China in the current global climate and in the future; the widespread effects of climate change on agriculture; and how indigenous peoples' lives are being impacted, from drought and the Navajos to hunters' lives in the Arctic. The work concludes with thought-provoking debates regarding potential solutions, from wind power and solar power to geo-engineering.

Table of Contents:
VOLUME I: LAND AND OCEANS Preface Introduction Key People Arrhenius, Savante August Caldeira, Ken Crutzen, Paul Jozef Gore, Albert Hansen, James E. Inhofe, James M. Keeling, Charles D. Lomborg, Bjorn McKibben, Bill Revelle, Roger Watt-Cloutier, Sheila Terrain Overview Amazon, The Australia, Heat and Drought in Deforestation Desertification Land Use Pine Beetles Tar Sands Wildfires Flora and Fauna Overview Adaptation, Animals, Lizards, and Warming Habitats Amphibians and Warming Animal Life, Antarctic Animal Life, Arctic Biodiversity Extinctions Migrations Oceans Overview Coral Reefs Fisheries Jellyfish "Managed Realignment" Methane Burp Methane Hydrates Today Ocean Acidity, North America Ocean Acidity, Worldwide Ocean Circulation Oceans' Absorption of Heat Phytoplankton Salmon and Trout Sea Level Rise Sea Level Rise, Bangladesh Sea Level Rise, Island Nations Sea Level Rise, Italy Sea Level Rise, United States Thermohaline Circulation Index VOLUME II: WEATHER AND GLOBAL WARMING Weather Overview Drought, United States Drought, Worldwide Drought and Deluge, Scientific Analysis of Extreme Weather Floods Heat Waves, Evidence of Heat Waves, Forecasts of Hurricanes, Observations of Hurricanes, Scientific Debates of Hurricanes, Snow Monsoons Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Wildfires, United States Wildfires, Worldwide Global Warming Overview Atmospheric Circulation Carbon Cycle Feedbacks Climate Change, Abrupt Nature of Climate Change, Greenland Cold Spells El Niño and La Niña Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, and Peat Glacial Erosion Glaciers, The Andes Glaciers, Central Asia Glaciers, The Himalayas Glaciers, North America Global Warming, Antarctica Global Warming, China Global Warming, Greenland Global Warming, Scandinavia Ice Melt, Antarctica Ice Melt, Arctic Ice Melt, Greenland Ice Science, Greenland Ice Science, Antarctic Inland Cooling, Antarctica Northeast and Northwest Passages Ozone Depletion and Warming, Antarctic Ozone Depletion and Warming, Arctic Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Permafrost Pliocene Paleoclimate Sea Ice, Arctic Solar Influence Summer Ice, Arctic Temperatures, Global Temperatures, Greenhouse Gas Levels and Temperatures, Winter Thermal Inertia Index VOLUME III: HUMAN IMPACT AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS Agriculture and Food Overview Agriculture, Future of Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Disaster Relief Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growing Seasons, Europe and Asia Low-carbon Diet Rice Yields, Decline in Wine Grapes and Warming Human Health Overview Allergies Greenhouse Gases, Effects of Insect Bites Malaria Zika Virus Indigenous Peoples and Cultures Overview Arctic Hunters Inuit Louisiana Natives Navajo, The Pacific Northwest Tribes Greenhouse Gases and Energy Overview Air Travel Automobiles Coal Corporate Sustainability Solutions and Actions Overview Academic Protest and Action Artificial Leaf Carbon Capture Concentrating Solar Power Ethanol, Corn Ethanol, Sugarcane Geoengineering Global Warming Economics Iron Fertilization, Ocean Solar Power Unburnable Carbon Wind Gains Power Share Wind Power, Denmark Wind Power, United States Wind Power and Solar Power in Portugal, Germany, and Japan Primary Documents Selected Bibliography About the Author Index

About the Author :
Bruce E. Johansen is Frederick W. Kayser Research Professor of Communication and Native American Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he has been teaching and writing since 1982. He has published 44 books on subjects such as history, anthropology, law, the earth sciences, and intercultural and environmental communication.

Review :
Editor Johansen presents compelling, readable science on climate change. . . . This is an encyclopedia by its title, but it is less for dipping into for quick answers and more for extensive reading. Many of the subject entries exceed 50 pages and offer arguments and evidence rather than simple facts. It would be a good addition to high school, academic, or public libraries and could be considered for the circulating collection. This text is appropriate for undergraduate researchers and general readers interested in climate change. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.