Description:
See draft contents in the Progress section below.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this book, and where it differs
from other books of similar title, is that each chapter will be
written by an expert scientist working in the field, and not by
non-scientists, politicians or journalists with little or no technical
background. Each chapter will contain a summary written in a non-scientific
way, for the benefit of the general public.
Progress:
The details of the proposed 30 chapters are given below:
(as of 1 Feb 2008)
Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth Foreword
- Sir David King, Director of the new Environmetal Institute of
Oxford University
Preface - T.M. Letcher and M. Attrill
POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE
1. Chemistry of the Atmospheric Gases and Global Change possibly
by Dr Drew Shindler, NASA, USA or TM Letcher
2. Role of Carbon Dioxide in Global Warmingby Dr Guy Brasseur,
National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
3. Role of Methane etc. in Global Warmingby Dr Jeff Kiehl, NCAR,
Boulder, USA
4. Role of Water Vapour in Global Warming by Dr Andrew Dressler,
Texas A and M University, USA
5. Evidence for Worldwide long term trends in Solar Radiation and
possible causes for these Trends by Dr Shabtai Cohen, Department
of Environmental Physics and Irrigation, Institute of Soils and
Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel.
6. The Role of Space Weather Effects in Climate and Global Change,
by Professor Lev I Dorman, Head of Israeli Cosmic Ray and Space
Weather Centre, Tel Aviv University and Israel Space Agency and
Technion.
7. The Role of Volcanic Activity in Climate and Global Change,by
Professor Georgiy Stenchikov, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
8. The Role of Variations of the Earth's Orbital Characteristics
in Climate Change, by Professor Lucas Lourens, University of Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
9. The Role of Cosmic Radiation in Climate Change and prediction,
by Professor Lev I Dorman, Head of Israeli Cosmic Ray and Space
Weather Centre, Tel Aviv University and Israel Space Agency and
Technion.
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH'S CLIMATE
10. A Geological History of the Earth's Climate, by Dr Jan Zalasiewicz
and Dr Mark Williams, University of Leicester, UK
INDICATORS OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE
11. Weather patterns as an indicator of Global Change by Dr Tim
Osborn, University of East Anglia, UK
12. Bird Behaviour as an Indicator of Climate Change,by Dr Wolfgang
Fiedler, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.
13. Mammal Ecology as an Indication of Climate Changeby Murray
Humphries, Natural resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada
14. Insect Ecology as an Indicator of Climate Change by Professor
Jessica Hellmann, Notre Dame University, USA and Professor Rick
Lindroth, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
15. Sea Life (pelagic and planktonic ecosystems) as an Indication
of Global Changeby Dr Martin Edwards and Professor Chris Reid, SAHFOS,
Plymouth, UK
16. Sea Life (benthic and seabed ecosystems) as an Indication of
Global Changeby Professor Martin Attrill, Marine Ecology, University
of Plymouth, UK
17. Changes in Marine Biodiversity as an Indicator of Climate and
Global Changeby Dr Boris Worm, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia,
Canada
18. Inter-tidal Indicators of Climate Change, by Dr Nova Mieszkowska,
Marine Biological Association Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
19. Plant Behaviour as an Indicator of Climate Change by Professor
James Morison, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
20. Rising Sea Levels by as an Indicator of Global Change byDr
Roland Gehrels, Dept of Geography, University of Plymouth, UK
21. Sea Temperature as an Indicator of Global Change, by Professor
Martin Attrill, Marine Ecology, University of Plymouth, UK
22. Ocean Current changes as an indicator of Global Change,by Professor
Martin Visbeck, Leibnitz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany
and Dr Torsten Kanzow, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton,
UK
23. Ocean Acidification as an Indicator of Global Change, by Professor
James Orr, UMR CEA-CNRS,CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
24. Glacial and Polar Cap Melting as an indicator of Global Change,
by Dr David Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge University,
UK
25. Lichen as an indicator of Climate Change, by Dr A Aptroot,
ABL Herbarium, Soest, The Netherlands
26. Changes in The Earth's Mean Energy Budget as an indicator of
Climate and Global Changeby possibly by someone from the Tyndall
Centre, UK
27. Coastline Degradation as an indication of Global Change, by
Professor Robert Nicholls, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research,
University of Southampton, UK and Professor Colin Woodroffe, University
of Wollongong, and Virginia Burkett (USGS)
28. Changes in Plant Pathogens as an indication of Climate and
Global Changeby Professor Karen Garrett, Kansas State University,
USA
MODELLING OF CLIMATE CHANGE
29. Predicting and Modelling Climate and Global Change By Dr Bruce
Wielicki, NASA, USA
30. CONCLUSIONS