Global warming, myth or reality?: the erring ways of climatology
In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypothe...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting the mounting confusion and sensationalism of reports in the media. After taking a hard look at the reality of the greenhouse effect, the 'evidence' from climate models, and the models' limitations, Leroux postulates alternate causes of climate change and analyzes the trends for global temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. He poses the 'heretical' question if warming may be considered a benefit in some regions. Finally Leroux suggests a number of priorities for climatologists to better understand processes of climate change, to integrate them into climate models, and to predict accurately future changes in climate. This timely and controversial book lays out the scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom. |
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| adam_text | MARCEL LEROUX GLOBAL WARMING MYTH OR REALITY? THE ERRING WAYS OF
CLIMATOLOGY / ^ FUDNSNEA IN ASSOCIATION WITN ^J SPRINGER PRAXIS
PUBLISHING PR CONTENTS PREFACE XIII LIST OF FIGURES XVII ABBREVIATIONS
XXIII 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 HOT AIR 2 1.2 CONFUSION REIGNS 3 1.3 BIS
REPETITA ... PLACENT? 3 1.4 THE GOOD, THE BAD 4 1.5 POLLUTION AND THE
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 6 1.6 IS CLIMATOLOGY STILL WITH US? 6 1.7
THE CONFUSION OF MANNERS 8 1.8 THE REAL STATE OF CLIMATOLOGY 9 1.9 THE
APPROACH OF THIS BOOK 10 PART ONE: THE SUBJECT, THE PLAYERS, AND THE
PRINCIPLE BASIS 17 2 HISTORY OF THE NOTION OF GLOBAL WARMING 19 2.1
EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW 19 2.2 ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM 22
2.2.1 THE PROTECTIONIST AWARENESS 23 2.2.2 THE DUST BOWL OF THE GREAT
PLAINS 24 2.3 THE 1970S 25 2.3.1 ECOLOGICAL PESSIMISM 25 2.3.2 THE 1972
STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE 26 2.3.3 THE SAHEL DROUGHT 27 2.3.4 COOLING OR
WARMING? 27 VI CONTENTS 2.4 1979 - FIRST WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE,
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. . . 29 2.5 1980 - THE FIRST VILLACH CONFERENCE
(AUSTRIA) 30 2.6 1985 - CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE AND THE POLITICS OF
DEVELOP- MENT, VILLACH, AUSTRIA 32 2.6.1 THE VILLACH CLIMATIC ALERT 32
2.6.2 THE INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME. ... 33 2.7 1988 -
BIRTH OF THE GREENHOUSE PANIC 34 2.8 1992 - THE UNFCCC AND RIO EARTH
SUMMIT 36 2.8.1 THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE 36 2.8.2 JUNE 1992 - THE EARTH SUMMIT , RIO DE JANEIRO 37 2.9
SUMMARY 38 3 CONCLUSIONS OF THE IPCC (WORKING GROUP I) 41 3.1 THE FIRST
REPORT OF THE IPCC, 1990 43 3.2 SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT TO THE FIRST
SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE IPCC 46 3.3 THE SECOND REPORT OF THE IPCC, 1995
47 3.4 THE THIRD REPORT OF THE IPCC, 2001 51 3.5 THE IPCC REPORTS: A
SYNTHESIS 54 4 SCIENCE, MEDIA, POLITICS 59 4.1 PREVIOUS MEDIA EVENTS 59
4.1.1 THE SAHEL DROUGHT 60 4.1.2 THE OZONE AFFAIR 60 4.2 THE MEDIA
PRESENTATION OF GLOBAL WARMING 61 4.3 THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENTISTS UPON
THE MEDIA 63 4.3.1 USE OF MEDIA 64 4.3.2 SCIENTIFICALLY SETTLED ... 65
4.4 THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA ON SCIENTISTS 66 4.4.1 THE SCIENTIFIC
MEDIA 67 4.5 TOWARDS A PEOPLE S CLIMATOLOGY 69 4.6 CONVERGING
INTERESTS 71 4.6.1 THE SCIENTISTS 71 4.6.2 THE ECOLOGISTS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISTS 72 4.6.3 THE POLITICIANS AND ECONOMISTS 73 4.6.4 THE
MEDIA 75 4.7 SO WHERE IS CLIMATOLOGY NOW? 76 5 GREENHOUSE EFFECT - WATER
EFFECT 79 5.1 PROCESSES OF RADIATION 80 5.2 THE NATURAL AND ENHANCED
GREENHOUSE EFFECT 82 5.3 WATER VAPOUR 85 5.4 CLOUDS 88 5.4.1 NEGATIVE OR
POSITIVE ACTION OF CLOUDS? 89 5.5 IS THERE REALLY A GREENHOUSE EFFECT ?
91 CONTENTS VII 5.6 THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT COOLS THE ATMOSPHERE 92
5.6.1 VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXCHANGES 93 5.7 THE IPCC WATER VAPOUR
FREE GREENHOUSE EFFECT 94 5.8 THE EFFECT OF WATER 95 5.9 SUMMARY: A
FRAGILE SCENARIO 97 6 CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 99 6.1 THE CLIMATIC
SYSTEM 99 6.2 THE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE IPCC 101
6.2.1 THE PRINCIPLE BASIS 101 6.2.2 NATURAL AND ... SUPERNATURAL
CAUSES 102 6.3 ORBITAL VARIATIONS IN RADIATION 103 6.3.1 VARIATION IN
THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE EARTH S ORBIT 104 6.3.2 VARIATION OF THE ANGLE
OF INCLINATION OF THE EARTH S POLAR AXIS 105 6.3.3 VARIATION OF THE
ORIENTATION OF THE POLAR AXIS (PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES) 106 6.3.4
ORBITAL PARAMETERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF INSOLATION .... 107 6.4
VARIATIONS IN SOLAR ACTIVITY 108 6.4.1 THE SUNSPOT CYCLE AND SOLAR
ACTIVITY 108 6.4.2 SOLAR ACTIVITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 110 6.4.3 NEW
APPROACHES 112 6.5 VOLCANISM AND CLIMATE 114 6.5.1 VOLCANIC EMISSIONS
AND EJECTA: SILICATES AND SULPHATES. . . 114 6.5.2 RADIATIVE AND THERMAL
EFFECTS OF AEROSOLS 117 6.6 CONCLUSION: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS NOT THE
CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE 120 7 MODELS AND CLIMATE 123 7.1 NUMERICAL
MODELS 124 7.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF MODELS 125 7.2.1 THE ELEMENTARY CELL
125 7.2.2 THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS 126 7.2.3 THE TYPES OF MODELS 128
7.3 LIMITATIONS OF MODELS 128 7.3.1 SUI GENERIS SHORTCOMINGS 130 7.4
MODELS AND TEMPERATURE 133 7.4.1 MODELS AND GLOBAL WARMING 133 7.4.2
MODELS AND TEMPERATURE AT HIGH LATITUDES 134 7.5 MODELS AND
PRECIPITATION/PERTURBATIONS 136 7.5.1 MODELS AND PRECIPITATION 136 7.5.2
MODELS AND PERTURBATIONS 137 7.6 THE IMPERIALISM OF MODELS 139 7.6.1
MODELS AND CLIMATOLOGY 139 7.6.2 MODELS AND METEOROLOGY 140 VIII
CONTENTS 7.6.3 MODELS AND WAYS OF THINKING 141 7.7 CONCLUSION: MODELS
ARE GREATLY OVERESTIMATED 143 8 THE GENERAL CIRCULATION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE 145 8.1 CLIMATE IS DETERMINED BY ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION 145
8.1.1 ABSENCE OF A GENERAL SCHEMA 146 8.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
CONCEPTS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION 147 8.2.1 BIRTH OF THE TRI-CELLULAR
MODEL OF CIRCULATION 148 8.2.2 IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TRI-CELLULAR MODEL OF
CIRCULATION . . . 149 8.3 INSUFFICIENCIES IN THE REPRESENTATION OF
CIRCULATION 150 8.4 THE CONCEPT OF THE MOBILE POLAR HIGH 152 8.4.1
CHARACTERS AND STRUCTURE OF MPHS 153 8.4.2 TRAJECTORY AND FORMATION OF
ANTICYCLONIC AGGLUTINATIONS 156 8.5 UNITS OF CIRCULATION IN THE LOWER
LAYERS 156 8.5.1 DYNAMICAL UNICITY AND CLIMATIC DIVERSITY 159 8.5.2 THE
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS 160 8.6 GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE TROPOSPHERE 165
8.6.1 SEASONAL VARIATION IN GENERAL CIRCULATION 167 8.6.2 PARTITIONING
AND STRATIFICATION IN CIRCULATION 168 8.7 CONCLUSION: GENERAL
CIRCULATION IS PERFECTLY ORGANISED 169 PART TWO: THE LESSONS OF THE
OBSERVATION OF REAL FACTS 171 9 THE OBSERVATIONAL FACTS: PAST CLIMATES
173 9.1 PALEOCLIMATOLOGY AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT 174 9.2 PAST AND
PRESENT LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GASES: ARE THEY COMPARABLE? 175 9.2.1
EVOLUTION DURING THE LAST MILLENNIUM 176 9.2.2 EVOLUTION DURING THE
HOLOCENE PERIOD 177 9.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND
GREENHOUSE GASES. ... 179 9.4 MODES OF GENERAL CIRCULATION 180 9.4.1 THE
RAPID MODE OF GENERAL CIRCULATION (COLD SCENARIO) . . 181 9.4.2 THE SLOW
MODE OF GENERAL CIRCULATION (WARM SCENARIO) . . 184 9.4.3 THE
AEROLOGICAL DYNAMIC OF PAST CLIMATES 186 9.5 MODELS AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
187 9.5.1 THE MODELLING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST
CLIMATES 187 9.5.2 THE PRESENT STATE OF THE QUESTION 188 9.6 GLACIATION
AND DEGLACIATION 190 9.6.1 ONSET OF GLACIATION? 190 9.6.2 DYNAMICAL
PROCESSES OF GLACIATION 191 9.7 ANTARCTIC GLACIATION 193 9.7.1 THE
BEHAVIOUR OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET 194 9.8 GLACIATION IN THE
NORTH 197 9.8.1 THE GREENLAND INLANDSIS 197 9.8.2 DYNAMICS OF THE
NORTHERN GLACIATION 198 9.8.3 GLACIAL RELIEF AND MPHS 199 CONTENTS IX
9.9 DEGLACIATION IN THE NORTH 201 9.9.1 (SOME) SEVERE COLD RETURNS 202
9.9.2 IS THE KEY IN THE WATER, OR IN THE AIR? 203 9.10 CONCLUSION: THE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT DID NOT CONTROL PAST CLIMATE . 204 10 THE
OBSERVATIONAL FACTS: PRESENT TEMPERATURES 207 10.1 THE EVOLUTION OF
TEMPERATURE DURING THE LAST MILLENNIUM 207 10.1.1 THE HOCKEY STICK 208
10.1.2 THE IPCC ... AGAINST ... THE CLIMATOLOGISTS 210 10.1.3 KEY
PROBLEMS RAISED BY THE HOCKEY STICK 213 10.1.4 WE ARE LIVING IN AN
EXCEPTIONAL TIME! 214 10.1.5 A SHODDY STICK 215 10.2 THE RECENT
EVOLUTION OF MEAN GLOBAL TEMPERATURE 216 10.2.1 THE CO 2 /TEMPERATURE
RELATIONSHIP (?) 218 10.2.2 THE URBAN GREENHOUSE EFFECT 219 10.2.3
SATELLITE AND RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS 222 10.3 THERMAL EVOLUTION IS A
REGIONAL EVOLUTION 224 10.4 THERMAL AND DYNAMIC EVOLUTION IN THE
ANTARCTIC 226 10.5 THERMAL AND DYNAMIC EVOLUTION IN THE ARCTIC 229
10.5.1 THERMAL EVOLUTION IN THE ARCTIC 230 10.5.2 THE AEROLOGICAL
DYNAMIC OF THE ARCTIC 233 10.5.3 THE INTENSIFICATION OF MERIDIONAL
EXCHANGES IN THE ARCTIC 236 10.6 CONCLUSION: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT DOES
NOT CONTROL THE EVOLUTION OF TEMPERATURE 239 11 THE OBSERVATIONAL FACTS:
WEATHER, RAINFALL, AND DROUGHT 243 11.1 WEATHER 244 11.1.1
METEOROLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT, AND CONCEPTS 245 11.1.2 THE MPH: A
MAJOR FACTOR IN EXTRA-TROPICAL WEATHER . . . 252 11.1.3 THE FASTEX
(NON-)EXPERIMENT 256 11.1.4 TROPICAL CYCLONES 260 11.2 PRECIPITATION 263
11.2.1 CONDITIONS FOR PLUVIOGENESIS 264 11.2.2 EXTREME RAINFALL IN
SOUTHERN FRANCE 266 11.2.3 THE DYNAMIC OF WEATHER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
272 11.3 DROUGHT 276 11.3.1 HEAT AND DROUGHT IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 IN
WESTERN EUROPE 277 11.3.2 WINTER DROUGHT AND LIMITED MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL
290 11.3.3 THE DUST BOWL AND DROUGHTS IN AMERICA 292 11.3.4 THE GREAT
SAHEL DROUGHT 296 11.4 CONCLUSION: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT DOES NOT
DETERMINE THE WEATHER, AND THEREFORE DOES NOT CONTROL RAINFALL OR
DROUGHTS . . . 302 THE OBSERVATIONAL FACTS: CLIMATE AND AEROLOGICAL
UNITS 305 X CONTENTS 12 THE NORTH ATLANTIC AEROLOGICAL UNIT 309 12.1 THE
DYNAMIC OF CIRCULATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC SPACE 309 12.1.1
DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC AEROLOGICAL UNIT 309 12.1.2 THE NORTH
ATLANTIC OSCILLATION 314 12.1.3 THE NORTH ATLANTIC DYNAMIC 317 12.1.4
VARIATIONS IN THE INTENSITY OF THE AEROLOGICAL DYNAMIC OF THE ATLANTIC
318 12.2 RECENT CLIMATIC EVOLUTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC SPACE 322
12.2.1 EVOLUTION IN THE ARCTIC 322 12.2.2 NORTH AMERICA (TO THE EAST OF
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS) . . 325 12.2.3 THE GULF OF MEXICO - CENTRAL AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN 329 12.2.4 THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC 335
12.2.5 THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC 338 12.3 CONCLUSION: THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT DOES NOT CONTROL THE CLIMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
AEROLOGICAL UNIT 343 12.3.1 RIGOROUSLY ORGANISED PHENOMENA 343 12.3.2
THE ABSURDITY OF A MEAN CLIMATE WITHIN AN AEROLOGICAL UNIT 344 12.3.3
THE 1970S WERE A CLIMATIC TURNING POINT 345 12.3.4 THE HIJACKING OF
BAD WEATHER BY THE IPCC 346 13 THE NORTH PACIFIC AEROLOGICAL UNIT 351
13.1 THE DYNAMIC OF CIRCULATION IN THE NORTH PACIFIC SPACE 351 13.1.1
DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTH PACIFIC AEROLOGICAL UNIT 351 13.1.2 THE NORTH
PACIFIC OSCILLATION AND THE PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION 356 13.1.3
VARIATIONS IN THE INTENSITY OF THE AEROLOGICAL DYNAMIC OF THE PACIFIC
358 13.2 RECENT CLIMATIC EVOLUTION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE NORTH
PACIFIC 361 13.2.1 INDICES OF ANTICYCLONIC AND DEPRESSIONARY ACTIVITY
361 13.2.2 THE NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR OF THE NORTH PACIFIC 363 13.2.3 THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC 368 13.2.4 THE NORTH PACIFIC OFF CENTRAL
AMERICA 371 13.2.5 CONCLUSION: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT DOES NOT CONTROL
CLIMATIC EVOLUTION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE NORTH PACIFIC AEROLOGICAL
UNIT 374 13.3 EL NINO THE STAR, AND THE REAL EL NINO 374 13.3.1 EL NINO,
SUPER-STAR: RULER OF THE WORLD 376 13.3.2 THE REAL NINO OF THE EASTERN
PACIFIC 377 13.3.3 EL NINO AND THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION: ENSO 384 13.3.4
THE PRESUMED CAUSES OF EL NINO 392 13.4 CONCLUSION: THE ENSO, KEY TO THE
RECENT EVOLUTION OF CLIMATOLOGY 395 13.4.1 EL NINO: AN ORDINARY
PHENOMENON OF THE TROPICAL PACIFIC 395 CONTENTS XI 14. 14. 14. 14. 14.
L.L .2 1.3 1.4 1.5 13.4.2 CHICKEN OR EGG METEOROLOGY: THE WALKER
CELL 396 13.4.3 A DECISIVE MOMENT IN THE HIJACKING OF METEOROLOGY BY
MODELS 400 13.4.4 FROM ENSO TO GREENHOUSE EFFECT ... A NATURAL
PROGRESSION ! 401 THE LESSONS OF THE OBSERVATION OF REAL FACTS IN THE
AEROLOGICAL UNITS: CONCLUSION 405 14 THE OBSERVATIONAL FACTS: SEA LEVEL
AND CIRCULATION 413 14.1 SEA LEVEL RISE? 414 THERMAL EXPANSION OF
SEAWATER? 415 THE METEOROLOGICAL FACTOR 418 2.5 MM PER YEAR ? 421
MELTING ICE? 424 CONCLUSION: SEA LEVELS ARE NOT RISING 430 14.2
THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION 431 14.2.1 HEAT CAUSES COLD! 431 14.2.2
CIRCULATION IN THE ARCTIC 435 14.3 CONCLUSION: THE SEA, A MICROCOSM OF
THE WHOLE GREENHOUSE DEBATE 440 15 GENERAL CONCLUSION 443 15.1 THE
ELEMENTS OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT/GLOBAL WARMING SCENARIO. 443 15.2
THE RUSH TO PROOF, AND THE COUPS 444 15.3 THE SO-CALLED PROOFS ARE
WORTHLESS 445 15.4 THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT SCENARIO AND THE WEATHER 446
15.5 MODELS AND THE CLIMATE OF THE FUTURE 447 15.5.1 THE SHORTCOMINGS OF
THE MODELS 448 15.5.2 STATISTICAL AND DETERMINISTIC MODELLING 449 15.6
THE RECENT PAST AND THE FAR FUTURE: THE EXAMPLE OF THE ARCTIC . . 450
15.6.1 THE LESSONS OF OBSERVATIONS 450 15.6.2 THE DYNAMIC OF TEMPERATURE
IN THE ARCTIC 452 15.7 A GULF OF MISUNDERSTANDING THE MISSING LINK 453
15.8 WITH AND WITHOUT MPHS 455 15.8.1 FIRST READING: WITHOUT MPHS 456
15.8.2 SECOND READING: WITH MPHS 456 15.9 THE REAL STATE OF CLIMATOLOGY
457 15.10 THE PRIORITIES FOR CLIMATOLOGY 459 15.10.1 REGIONAL VARIATIONS
459 15.10.2 PREDICTING EXTREME PHENOMENA 460 15.11 HUMANKIND:
RESPONSIBLE OR IRRESPONSIBLE? 462 15.11.1 HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY 462
15.11.2 HUMAN IRRESPONSIBILITY 463 15.12 THE REHABILITATION OF
CLIMATOLOGY 465 15.12.1 CLIMATOLOGY IS NOW OF NO USE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF
THE IPCC 466 XII CONTENTS 15.12.2 CLIMATOLOGY HAS SO MANY BETTER THINGS
TO DO 467 15.12.3 CLIMATOLOGY FOR TOMORROW 469 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND
REFERENCES 471 INDEX 503
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| spelling | Leroux, Marcel Verfasser aut Global warming, myth or reality? the erring ways of climatology Marcel Leroux Berlin [u.a.] Springer 2005 XXV, 509 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences Auch als Internetausgabe In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting the mounting confusion and sensationalism of reports in the media. After taking a hard look at the reality of the greenhouse effect, the 'evidence' from climate models, and the models' limitations, Leroux postulates alternate causes of climate change and analyzes the trends for global temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. He poses the 'heretical' question if warming may be considered a benefit in some regions. Finally Leroux suggests a number of priorities for climatologists to better understand processes of climate change, to integrate them into climate models, and to predict accurately future changes in climate. This timely and controversial book lays out the scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom. Effet de serre (Météorologie) Réchauffement de la terre Température atmosphérique - Modification à l'échelle planétaire Global temperature changes Global warming Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Klimaänderung (DE-588)4164199-1 gnd rswk-swf Fiktion (DE-588)4192723-0 gnd rswk-swf Treibhauseffekt (DE-588)4226436-4 gnd rswk-swf Irrtum (DE-588)4140092-6 gnd rswk-swf Erwärmung Meteorologie (DE-588)4344515-9 gnd rswk-swf Klimaänderung (DE-588)4164199-1 s Erwärmung Meteorologie (DE-588)4344515-9 s DE-604 Irrtum (DE-588)4140092-6 s Treibhauseffekt (DE-588)4226436-4 s Fiktion (DE-588)4192723-0 s b DE-604 HEBIS Datenaustausch Darmstadt application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=012967132&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title_auth | Global warming, myth or reality? the erring ways of climatology |
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| title_full | Global warming, myth or reality? the erring ways of climatology Marcel Leroux |
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