Greenhouse Effect and Its Impact on Physical Systems

Contents: Preface. 1. Global warming. 2. Impacts on current global temperature and regional heat waves. 3. The changing atmosphere: implication for global security. 4. The scientific consensus. 5. The disruption of the global carbon cycle. 6. Effects of global warming on biological diversity. 7. Developing policies for climate change. 8. Greenhouse effects and impacts on physical systems. 9. Scientific basis for the greenhouse effect. 10. Changes in soil moisture. 11. Effects of climatic change on water supplies in the Western United States. 12. The causes and effects of sea level rise. 13. Greenhouse surprise. 14. Trends and opportunities. 15. Global warming, acid rain and ozone depletion. 16. Greenhouse gases and predicted climatic change. 17. Methane, Cfcs and other greenhouse gases.

"Certain gases emanating from various chemical and industrial activities are influencing the ozone layers of the atmosphere. It is generally believed that the breaking of ozone layers is responsible for the direct impact of ultra-violet sun rays, which is responsible for the imbalances in the atmosphere. It is responsible for ill effects on humans and plants and animals.

Scientists all over the world are trying to devise ways and means to decrease the greenhouse effect." (jacket)