Witness to a Changing Earth: A Geologist's Journey Learning about Natural and Human-Caused Global Change


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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL WARMING

PATTERNS PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING

Increased CO2 and CH4 in the atmosphere and warming climate

Ocean acidification from increased absorbtion of atmospheric CO2

Rising ocean temperatures and sea levels

Diminishing polar ice, mountain glaciers, permafrost and gas hydrates

16 record breaking air temperatures of the past 136 years since 2001

More intense extreme weather events e.g hurricanes, droughts, wildfires

Increasing animal extinction rates

CHAPTER 2 MY GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES

MY EARLY ADVENTURES RELATED TO POSSIBLE GLOBAL CHANGE

MY FIRST SCIENTIFIC LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

UNIVERSITY LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

MASTERS DEGREE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

ADVENTURES WHILE STUDYING CRATER LAKE

PhD GRADUATE SCHOOL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

ADVENTURES DURING PhD STUDIES

Author: C. Hans Nelson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 09/12/2021
Pages: 315
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9783030718107
ISBN10: 3030718107
BISAC Categories:
- Science | General

About the Author
Hans Nelson has a B.A. from Carleton College, M.S. from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He spent 32 years working in the U. S. Geological Survey and 20 years at the CSIC in Spain. His studies and worldwide teaching for 60 years have resulted in 220 publications. Hans has served as Chief Scientist for 30 scientific expeditions, in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Brest and Utrecht in Europe and Blaustein Scholar at Stanford University. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2016 Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence of the Geological Society of America.