Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, et al.

Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth's atmosphere for a very, very long time. Lacking action by the world's nations, it is clear that the planet will be warmer, sea level will rise, and patterns of rainfall will change. But the future is also partly uncertain--there is considerable uncertainty about how we will arrive at that different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309287731
• ISBN13: 9780309287739
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"