A Brief Introduction to Climate Science
1 Preface
2 Introduction
3 A Short History of Climate Science
4 Principles of Earth System Science
- 4.1 Change in the Earth System
- 4.2 Summary
5 The Greenhouse Effect
6 Carbon Dioxide in the Earth System
- 6.1 Carbon in the Earth System
  - 6.1.1 The Earth System Breathes
- 6.2 Measuring Changes in CO₂ and Temperature
  - 6.2.1 Changes in CO₂
  - 6.2.2 Changing Temperature
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A Short Introduction to Climate Change

A Short Introduction to Climate Change

Jonathan Gilligan

2020

Chapter 1 Preface

This book provides a short-introduction to climate change. I have written it with non-scientists in mind and I have kept scientific jargon and mathematical notation to a minimum.