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EARTH’S CLIMATE PAST and FUTURE SECOND EDITION CHAPTER 1 Overview of Climate Science WILLIAM F. RUDDIMAN © 2008 W. H. Freeman and Company

EARTH’S CLIMATE PAST and FUTURE SECOND EDITION CHAPTER 1 Overview of Climate Science WILLIAM F. RUDDIMAN © 2008 W. H. Freeman and Company

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EARTH’S CLIMATEPAST and FUTURE

SECOND EDITION

CHAPTER 1

Overview of Climate Science

WILLIAM F. RUDDIMAN

© 2008 W. H. Freeman and Company

1- Changes in Earth-Sun Geometry

2- Changes in Sunspot Activity

3- Changes in Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases

4- Plate Tectonics

Causes of Climate Change

Changes in Earth’s Orbit - Eccentricity

EARTH’S CLIMATEPAST and FUTURE

SECOND EDITION

CHAPTER 2

Climate Archives, Data, and Models

WILLIAM F. RUDDIMAN

© 2008 W. H. Freeman and Company

Sediment Archives

Lake Cores

Ocean Drilling

Ocean Core

Trees as Climate Archives

Radioactive Decay

Pollen

Plankton

General Circulation

Model