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| A brief guide and tutorial on the history and mechnisms of climate change. Natural weather and climate cycles occur at all time scales, and have persisted since the earliest history of the Earth. The existence of life, and man's activities are highly dependent on the weather. The present episode of global warming threatens to upset the natural environment, agriculture, travel, and most of man's activities. |
- The Search for Climate Variations and Cycles
- Mechanisms for Climate Change
- Daily and Yearly Variations
- Changes in the Atmospheric Circulation
- Computational Modeling of the Circulation
- Circulation during the Ice Ages
- The Role of Oceanic Circulation
- El Nino and Short Term Ocean Oscillations
- Droughts and The Great American Desert
- The Meteorological and Scientific Record
- Response of Vegetation to Droughts
- Tidal Influences on the Climate
- Variations in the Solar Output
- The Milankovitch Cycle of Ice Ages
- The Geological Evidence for Climate Change
- Historical Records of Climate Change
- Scientific Observations and Modeling of Climate Change
- Extinction Events
- The Great Extinctions of the Permian
- The Aftermath: the Rise of the Dinosaurs
- The Climatic Deterioration of the Cenozoic Era and the Onset of Ice Ages
- Catastrophic Events in Earth's History
- Ice Ages and Their Climatic Implications
- Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
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This web site has been created and maintained by Gerald Davidson, PHD http://www.onemain.com/~gdavids/index.htm. Please send comments, suggestions, and corrections to Gerald Davidson |