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Chemistry and the Environment Division (VI)
and
Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division (I)
Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE)

 

Number: 2007-050-2-600

Title: Climate and global change: observed impacts on planet earth

Task Group
Chairman:
Trevor Letcher

Member: Justin Salminen
+ authors and co-authors

Objective:
The objective of the book is to have all the scientific arguments and evidence relating to 'climate and global change' in one book, with each chapter written by an expert scientist working in the relevant field. Unlike the IPCC report it will cover the huge area involving "Indicators of Climate and Global Change". The book will be an unemotional presentation of the facts and should become a standard reference in the field for years to come. It is an honest answer to the large amount of misinformation that is being generated about the subject.

Description:
See draft contents in the Progress section below.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this book, and where it differs from other books of similar title, is that each chapter will be written by an expert scientist working in the field, and not by non-scientists, politicians or journalists with little or no technical background. Each chapter will contain a summary written in a non-scientific way, for the benefit of the general public.

Progress:
The details of the proposed 30 chapters are given below:
(as of 1 Feb 2008)

Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth Foreword - Sir David King, Director of the new Environmetal Institute of Oxford University

Preface - T.M. Letcher and M. Attrill

POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE

1. Chemistry of the Atmospheric Gases and Global Change possibly by Dr Drew Shindler, NASA, USA or TM Letcher

2. Role of Carbon Dioxide in Global Warmingby Dr Guy Brasseur, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

3. Role of Methane etc. in Global Warmingby Dr Jeff Kiehl, NCAR, Boulder, USA

4. Role of Water Vapour in Global Warming by Dr Andrew Dressler, Texas A and M University, USA

5. Evidence for Worldwide long term trends in Solar Radiation and possible causes for these Trends by Dr Shabtai Cohen, Department of Environmental Physics and Irrigation, Institute of Soils and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel.

6. The Role of Space Weather Effects in Climate and Global Change, by Professor Lev I Dorman, Head of Israeli Cosmic Ray and Space Weather Centre, Tel Aviv University and Israel Space Agency and Technion.

7. The Role of Volcanic Activity in Climate and Global Change,by Professor Georgiy Stenchikov, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

8. The Role of Variations of the Earth's Orbital Characteristics in Climate Change, by Professor Lucas Lourens, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

9. The Role of Cosmic Radiation in Climate Change and prediction, by Professor Lev I Dorman, Head of Israeli Cosmic Ray and Space Weather Centre, Tel Aviv University and Israel Space Agency and Technion.

GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH'S CLIMATE

10. A Geological History of the Earth's Climate, by Dr Jan Zalasiewicz and Dr Mark Williams, University of Leicester, UK

INDICATORS OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE

11. Weather patterns as an indicator of Global Change by Dr Tim Osborn, University of East Anglia, UK

12. Bird Behaviour as an Indicator of Climate Change,by Dr Wolfgang Fiedler, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.

13. Mammal Ecology as an Indication of Climate Changeby Murray Humphries, Natural resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

14. Insect Ecology as an Indicator of Climate Change by Professor Jessica Hellmann, Notre Dame University, USA and Professor Rick Lindroth, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

15. Sea Life (pelagic and planktonic ecosystems) as an Indication of Global Changeby Dr Martin Edwards and Professor Chris Reid, SAHFOS, Plymouth, UK

16. Sea Life (benthic and seabed ecosystems) as an Indication of Global Changeby Professor Martin Attrill, Marine Ecology, University of Plymouth, UK

17. Changes in Marine Biodiversity as an Indicator of Climate and Global Changeby Dr Boris Worm, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

18. Inter-tidal Indicators of Climate Change, by Dr Nova Mieszkowska, Marine Biological Association Laboratory, Plymouth, UK

19. Plant Behaviour as an Indicator of Climate Change by Professor James Morison, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

20. Rising Sea Levels by as an Indicator of Global Change byDr Roland Gehrels, Dept of Geography, University of Plymouth, UK

21. Sea Temperature as an Indicator of Global Change, by Professor Martin Attrill, Marine Ecology, University of Plymouth, UK

22. Ocean Current changes as an indicator of Global Change,by Professor Martin Visbeck, Leibnitz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany and Dr Torsten Kanzow, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK

23. Ocean Acidification as an Indicator of Global Change, by Professor James Orr, UMR CEA-CNRS,CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

24. Glacial and Polar Cap Melting as an indicator of Global Change, by Dr David Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge University, UK

25. Lichen as an indicator of Climate Change, by Dr A Aptroot, ABL Herbarium, Soest, The Netherlands

26. Changes in The Earth's Mean Energy Budget as an indicator of Climate and Global Changeby possibly by someone from the Tyndall Centre, UK

27. Coastline Degradation as an indication of Global Change, by Professor Robert Nicholls, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Southampton, UK and Professor Colin Woodroffe, University of Wollongong, and Virginia Burkett (USGS)

28. Changes in Plant Pathogens as an indication of Climate and Global Changeby Professor Karen Garrett, Kansas State University, USA

MODELLING OF CLIMATE CHANGE

29. Predicting and Modelling Climate and Global Change By Dr Bruce Wielicki, NASA, USA

30. CONCLUSIONS

 

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