Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis: Volume 1 – The Physical Climate 2013th Edition by G. Thomas Farmer (PDF)

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An introduction to the principles of climate change science with an emphasis on the empirical evidence for climate change and a warming world. Additional readings are given at the end of each chapter. A list of “Things to Know” opens each chapter. Chapters are arranged so that the student is first introduced to the scientific method(s), examples of the use of the scientific method from other sciences drawn from the history of science with an emphasis on climate science. Climate science is treated in each chapter based on the premise of global warming. Chapter treatments on the atmosphere. biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and anthroposphere and their inter-relationships are given.

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⭐I purchased John Cooks book a few months ago ( more correctly, my wife gave it to me for my birthday!)It is a fantastic reference and resource – and as issues arise in that parallel world of climate change denialism, ‘A Modern Synthesis’ enables me gain a broad understanding of the particular subject, with great illustrations and up-to-date references.I am on the mailing list for John’s ‘Skeptical Science’ forum, to which this book is an essential add-on, for me.My awareness and interest in climate change science was awakened a few years ago when I attended a lecture by James Hansen, and then purchased ‘ Storms of My Grandchildren’. For me, Johns book is a great follow up resource.Ross Stevens,North AdelaideSouth Australia

⭐My son-in-law who is an astronomy professor has wanted this book for awhile so he’s loving it.

⭐I was very satisfied with this purcahse.

⭐Do the authors “implausibly attribute Milankovitch eccentricity cycles to recent Pleistocene pattern of 100ky glacial oscillations” as the reviewer suggests? As a likely contributing factor, yes. As a sole determinant, no. Read the book, or at least access the relevant parts through search functions.Directly from the book, 21.1 Glacials and Interglacialspage 409:”Because so much water was taken up as ice, global sea level dropped approximately 140 m (448 ft), exposing a great deal of the present-day continental shelf. The causes of the Pleistocene cycle of glacial and interglacial episodes ARE STILL BEING DEBATED. It appears that continental positions, oceanic circulation, solar-energy fluctuations, and Earth’s orbital cycles COMBINED to generate these glacial conditions, so perhaps ii is inappropriate lo pinpoint any single cause. However, a trigger for the first glacial episode was PROBABLY an orbital one and the apparent 100.000-year periodicity of the major advances strongly suggests an astronomical cause. HOWEVER, the 100,000 year cycle, as we’ve seen, is the weakest of the astronomical cycles and MANY SCIENTIST THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF FACTORS that initiated the glaciation (Nebraskan in North America) about 680.000 years ago”.Emphasis mine. A long way from what the reviewer wrote.I was forced to make a star rating before posting this. I have not read the entire book. My comments refer only to the one-star review by Mr Wallace. If I buy and read this book, I will amend my rating, if appropriate.osugeography

⭐It appears that the authors implausibly attribute Milankovitch eccentricity cycles to recent Pleistocene pattern of 100ky glacial oscillations. The rest of their anthropogenic climate change causality assertions collapse, if only upon that failure.It’s also bad form for any science textbook (is that what this book attempts to be?) to engage in perjorative language such as use of the ‘denier’ term. Yet this book lavishes attention on that topic.

⭐Having read this book/textbook from cover to cover I feel I have achieved what I set out to accomplish: To gain a birdseye view of the subject of Climate Science without getting swamped in the detail of this massive subject. The textbook is well written and manages to convey the main concepts to someone who has a reasonable scientific literacy without dumming down the subject. The book gives an insight into the complexity of the climate system and is a fascinating subject to read about. The book is also (at this point in time) very up to date. One big drawback is the cost, though I can’t say that I have any regrets.

⭐Want to be convinced by a psychologist that climate change is real, almost without recourse to the fundamemtal equations, topped off with plenty of factual errors? Then this is the book to buy. If you want a serious discussion of physical arguments supporting climate change, go and look somewhere else – you will find precious little in this look that will prepare you for more than the most superficial climate change discussion.

⭐Great book. Easy to understand review of the real science behind global warming. Gives good explanations of the junk science behind the climate change denial machine.

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