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Awareness of Mankind as a Factor in Climatic Change

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Climatic Variations and Variability: Facts and Theories

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 72))

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The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the various ways by which mankind can influence the global environment in which it lives, with emphasis on the effect of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration from continued extensive use of fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, natural gas). The role of carbon dioxide in determining the heat balance of the atmosphere, and consequently the climate, is explained. Finally, the many implications to mankind of a global warming are discussed, since they are to a large extent the reason for our current concern over an impending environmental change.

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Kellogg, W.W. (1981). Awareness of Mankind as a Factor in Climatic Change. In: Berger, A. (eds) Climatic Variations and Variability: Facts and Theories. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8514-8_34

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