Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines

Arnold J. Bloom

Fall 2009
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About This Title

Mark Twain’s comment—everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it—no longer applies: human activities have altered the global climate, and governments are implementing policies to avoid more extreme perturbations. Global Climate Change examines the factors responsible for global climate change and the geophysical, biological, economic, legal, and cultural consequences of such changes. The book highlights the complexity of decision-making under uncertainty, contrasting the methods that various disciplines employ to evaluate past and future conditions.

About the Author

Arnold J. Bloom received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Yale University. He spent several years developing computer models of the spread of air pollution over cities in the USA and Germany. He received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, where he also completed a two-semester course in Environmental Legislation at the Law School. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He has been on the faculty of the University of California at Davis for thirty years. His publications range from major reviews on the economics of resource allocation in plants to the future of agriculture under rising carbon dioxide levels. He has coauthored textbooks on plant physiology and plant mineral nutrition. Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines derives from a General Education course offered for the past seven years that has grown to an enrollment of three hundred students.

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Reviews and Commentary

“[Global Climate Change] hits a great balance of topics, is short enough to cover a range of basics while leaving a few weeks in a semester to delve into depth on some, and uses humor to take the edge off of what might be stressful information for some students (e.g., equations).”
—Duane Griffin, Bucknell University

“Professor Bloom has created the definitive textbook on climate change. It is comprehensive, well-written and organized—and timely. Bloom’s book will inform and inspire a generation of students confronting the most urgent challenge of our time.”
—Kerry Tremain, University of California, Office of the President, and former Editor-in-Chief, California magazine

“This book seems to me a possible breakthrough work because of its scope. Its reach in explaining the field of climate change is unlike anything I’ve seen.”
—Roy Peterson, California Department of Water Resources

“This is a unique and indispensable volume for teaching contemporary global change.”
—Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis, and Editor-in-Chief, Ecology

Click on Chapter 1 to view a sample chapter. (PDF, 901K)

Introduction to Global Climate Change
History of Earth’s Climate
Causes of Climate
World of Tomorrow: Computer Simulation Models
Biological Impacts of Higher Carbon Dioxide Concentrations
Climate Change and the Biosphere
Mitigation Strategies: Transportation
Mitigation Strategies: Electric Power Generation
Mitigation Strategies: Other Sectors
Economics of Climate Change
Global Climate Change and the Law
Global Climate Change: The Human Response

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