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" Climate change "
Kaufui Vincent Wong.
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561609
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b390747
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Kaufui Vincent Wong
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Climate change\ Kaufui Vincent Wong.
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| Publication Statement
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New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY, 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
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Environmental engineering collection.
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(xvi, 195 pages) : illustrations.
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1606508482
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: 9781606508480
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 27, 2016).
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2. Climate change and theories -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Milankovitch theory -- 2.3 Sunspot cycle -- 2.4 Sea surface temperature and pressure oscillations in the Pacific Ocean -- 2.5 Sea surface temperature and pressure oscillations in the Atlantic Ocean -- 2.6 Discussion and conclusion -- References. 3. The second law of thermodynamics and heat discharge to the environment by human activities -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Discussion and proof -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References. 4. Greenhouse effect and climate change -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Understanding electromagnetic radiation -- 4.3 Planck's law and radiated energy -- 4.4 Greenhouse effect -- 4.5 Characteristics of a greenhouse gas -- 4.6 Evidence of global climate changes -- References. 5. Anthropogenic heat release into the environment -- 5.1 Introduction and statement -- 5.2 Hypothesis of method and the method -- 5.3 Heat based on world energy consumption -- 5.4 Heat from net electricity generation -- 5.5 Heat from oil refineries -- 5.6 Heat from garbage incineration -- 5.7 World output of carbon dioxide -- 5.8 Heat from formation of sulfur dioxide from combustion -- 5.9 Heat from animal bodies -- 5.10 Discussion and conclusion -- 5.11 Nomenclature -- References. 6. Climate change and all evidences of global warming -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mean temperature changes -- 6.3 Arctic ice caps -- 6.4 Wildlife and extinction -- 6.5 Weather patterns -- 6.6 Solutions -- References. 7. Mitigation and adaptation responses to sea level rise -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Literature about rising seas -- 7.3 Mitigation responses -- 7.4 Adaptation responses -- 7.5 Discussion and conclusion -- References. 8. Freshwater discharges into the oceans -- 8.1 Background -- 8.2 Lower and higher latitudes -- 8.3 Groundwater discharge and anthropogenic contributions -- References. 9. Wealth of the oceans -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Current status -- 9.3 Literature survey -- 9.4 Research and development -- 9.5 Discussion and conclusion -- References. 10. Forests and jungles brake climate change -- 10.1 Photosynthesis -- 10.2 Costa Rica -- 10.3 Nicaragua -- 10.4 Haiti -- 10.5 The Amazon jungle -- 10.6 Indonesia -- 10.7 Discussion and conclusion -- References. 11. Atmospheric carbon dioxide removal via technology -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Carbon dioxide removal -- 11.3 Biochar -- 11.4 Artificial trees -- 11.5 Enhanced weathering -- 11.6 Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage -- 11.7 Carbon dioxide capture
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