Global Warming and Climatology

Description

Global Warming is the increase in Earth’s mean surface temperature because of the effect of greenhouse gases. These gases absorb long wave radiations and warm the atmosphere, and this process is called as Greenhouse effect. It had led to many changes on the planet, such as rise in sea level; massive melting of snow and land ice, elevated heat content of the oceans, increased humidity, change in the timings of seasonal events, and many others. Climate is an active factor in the physical environment of all living things. Its influences on human welfare range from the immediate effects of weather events to complex responses associated with climatic change. Climate change encompasses not only rising average temperatures but also extreme weather events, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, rising seas, and a range of other impacts. All of those changes are emerging as humans continue to add heat-trapping greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely on. Global warming and climate change are much debated terms these days which have attracted the inclination of scientists, governments, NGOs and common people all over the world. The present book is an attempt in the direction of bringing together all necessary information on global warming and climate change.