Climate shocks: Natural and anthropogenic
Much recent climate research has focused on the effects of CO{sub 2} and radiatively important trace species, volcanic eruptions, and nuclear exchanges on our future climate. These studies suggest that anthropogenic influence will alter our present climate. The reliability of the climate models are a subject of debate, yet valid information derived from climate models is critical for policy-makers and politicians to make decisions regarding energy use and development and defense strategies. K.Ya. Kondratyev, a leading Soviet climate scientist, addresses the role of the greenhouse effect, nuclear winter, and volcanic eruptions on our climate in a recently published book entitled Climate Shocks: Natural and Anthropogenic. The book provides a detailed survey of the literature on these fields, including the pertinent Soviet literature that is often not surveyed by Western scientists.
- OSTI ID:
- 6004829
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: From review by Dennis Baldocchi (NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)), in Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 18, No. 4(Oct-Dec 1989)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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