Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change / Edition 1

by Kirill Y. Kondratyev, Vladimir F. Krapivin

Overview

Professor Kondratyev and his team consider the concept of global warming due to the greenhouse effect and put forward a new approach to the problem of assessing the impact of anthropogenic processes. Considering data on both sources and sinks for atmospheric carbon and various conceptual schemes of the global carbon dioxide cycle, they suggest a new approach to studies of the problem of the greenhouse effect. They assess the role of different types of soil and vegetation in the assimilation of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and discuss models of the atmosphere ocean gas exchange and its role in the carbon dioxide cycle, paying special attention to the role of the Arctic Basin. The authors also consider models of other global atmospheric cycles for a range of atmospheric constituents, and conclude by drawing together a range of scenarios on modelling the global carbon cycle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642056420
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/09/2010
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Global climate and carbon cycle.- Biogeochemical carbon cycle in nature.- Surface ecosystems and carbon cycle.- Carbon cycle in the oceans modelling the interactive cycles of carbon and other chemical elements.- Modelling the global carbon cycle.