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Introduction: Summary History of
Climate Change Science
History in Hypertext
BASIC DATA
The Modern Temperature
Trend
Past Cycles: Ice Age Speculations
Temperatures from Fossil Shells
Rapid Climate Change
Radiocarbon Dating
INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse
Effect
Roger Revelle's Discovery
Other Greenhouse Gases
Aerosol Hazes
Biosphere: How Life Alters
Climate
Changing Sun, Changing Climate
Ocean Currents and Climate
THEORY
Simple Models of Climate
Chaos in the Atmosphere
Venus
& Mars
General Circulation Models of
the Atmosphere
Basic
Radiation Calculations
Arakawa's
Computation Device
SOCIAL
Impacts of Global Warming
The Public and Climate
Wintry Doom
Ice
Sheets, Rising Seas, Floods
Government: The View from Washington,
DC
Climate
Modification Schemes
Money
for Keeling: Monitoring CO2 Levels
International Cooperation
Climate Science
as a Profession
Conclusions: A Personal Note
REFERENCE/UTILITIES
Timeline of milestones
Bibliography by author (big files) Part I A-K - Part II L-Z
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