Encyclopaedia of Global Climate Change (4 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Causes of Climate Change: Preface. 1. The science of climate change. 2. Causes of global climate change. 3. Ozone depletion. 4. International carbon market. 5. Global warming. 6. Sea level rise. 7. Effects of climate extremes. 8. International emission trading. 9. Climate change and health. 10. Impacts of climate change to coral reefs. 11. Climate change and adaption. 12. Climate change mitigation. 13. International effort against climate change. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. II. Dynamics and Forest Ecosystems: Preface. 1. Biogeoclimatic ecosystem. 2. Impact of climate change on forests ecosystems. 3. Effects of heavy metals on forest ecosystems. 4. Cause-effect relationships in forest ecosystems. 5. Grassland ecosystem modelling. 6. Carbon storage of temperate grasslands. 7. Ecosystem function in temperate conifer forests. 8. Rising CO2 level and forest photosynthesis. 9. Sources of sulphur in forest ecosystems. 10. Contingent valuation of forest quality. 11. Intelligent information system for forest management. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. III. Terrestrial Ecosystems: Preface. 1. Assessing the conditions of terrestrial ecosystems. 2. Carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems. 3. Sulphur cycle in terrestrial ecosystems. 4. Primary production. 5. Production capacity of aquatic ecosystems. 6. Impacts of climatic change on terrestrial ecosystems. 7. Threats of climatic change to agriculture and forestry. 8. Response of forest to climate change. 9. Grasslands and global carbon cycle. 10. Manipulation of terrestrial systems. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. IV. Simulations of the Effects of Climate Change: Preface. 1. Global climate change and carbon cycling. 2. Greenhouse effect and ecosystems. 3. Prediction of climate change. 4. Global biogeochemical carbon cycle. 5. Variations in climate change. 6. Dynamics of ecological systems. 7. Modelling techniques. 8. Evaluation of terrestrial systems. 9. Assessment of freshwater quality. 10. Ecological risk assessment. 11. Environmental monitoring. 12. Costs of climate change mitigation. Bibliography. Index.

"Climate change refers to the variation in the earth\'s global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by processes internal to the earth, external forces or, more recently, human activities.

This encyclopaedia has been written with the aim of acquainting people with phenomenon of global climate change. Each of the four books in this series deal with different facts of the climate change and cover it comprehensively. Cause of Climate Change, Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems and Simultaneously of the Effects of Climate Change are the books titles, which in themselves, define enough the particular issue dealt with in each book with comprehensive, argumentative and critical discussion of the matter, lucid and easy to follow language, and illustration to foster better understanding, this series, should prove to be of vast interest to those wishing to know more about global menace of climate change." (jacket)