Envg.820 CLIMATE CHANGE (3 C.H)
Earth climatic system, extraterrestrial factors influence the earth climatic system (solar output, earth sun geometry, inter-setllar dust), ocean, atmosphere and land factors (volcanic emission, mountain building, continental drift, deforestation, atmospheric, ocean heat exchange, surface reflectivity, atmospheric reflectivity, atmospheric chemistry, land use change), variations in the earth orbital characteristics the Milankovitch theory, atmospheric CO2 variations, volcanic eruptions, variations in the solar output, variation in the oceanic current, impact of climate change, The Kyoto Protocol.
Books Recommended:
- Climate change: a multidisciplinary approach by Burroughs, W., 2007. Cambridge University Press. UK.
- Climate change; a natural hazard by Kininmonth, W., 2004. Multi-Science Publishers, Essex. UK.
- Geoecology of Antarctic ice free coastal landscapes (Ecological studies) by Beyer, L. and Bölter, M., 2002. 1st edition, Springer. USA.
- Climate change; science, strategies, & solutions by Claussen, E., Cochran, V.A. and Davis, D.P., 2001. Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden. Netherlands.
- Paper 85, Drought Series, Paper 3, Pakistan.