David E. Newton holds a BA in chemistry, an MA in education from the University of Michigan, and an EdD in science education from Harvard University.

• Preface,1 Background and History,The Climatic Record,Weather and Climate,Climate through the Millennia,Huronian Glaciation,Snowball Earth,Andean-Saharan,Late Paleozoic,Quaternary,The Tools of Paleoclimatology,Carbon Dating,Ice Cores,Boreholes,Dendrochronology,Pollen Analysis,Causes of Climate Change,Milankovic Theory,Eccentricity,Obliquity,Axial Precession,Other Possible Causes,A Greenhouse Earth,Breakthroughs in Global Warming Research,Anthropogenic Effects on Global Warming,A New Day for Climate Science,Climate Models,New Discoveries,Post-Keeling Developments,Scientific Developments and the Responses of Scientists,Research Developments,Scientists React,Responses from the Body Politic,Conclusion,References,2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions,Climate Change as a National Issue,Possible Consequences of Climate Change,Greenhouse Gas Emissions,Global Temperatures,Glaciers and Ice Sheets,Oceans,Extreme Weather,Land Use,Wildfires,Human Health,Temperature,Extreme Events,Vector-Borne Diseases,Food- and Water-Borne Diseases,Food Security and Nutrition,Ecosystems,World Economics,Climate Skeptics and Deniers,Industry Responds,Possible Solutions,What Can You Do?,What Can Your Community Do?,What Can Your Country Do?,Technological Solutions,Conclusion,References,3 Perspectives,Introduction,Cemetery Management Today or Reinternment Management Tomorrow,Jennifer BlanksComatose in Climate Catastrophe,Olivia CooperCoastal Community Faces Effects of Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise,ChrisAnn Silver EsformesA Call for Climate Literacy,Gregory Foy and Leigh FoyScientific Skepticism of Climate Change Models,Joel GrossmanHow the Powerful Advance Climate Change,Maxine Gunther-SegalLandslide Mitigation and Perception in Rio de Janeiro,Abigail HannaThe Little Big Changes—How Big Is Your Backyard?,Hogyeum JooGive Me Money, Give Me Power, and Give Them Death,Joy Semien4 Profiles,Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927),Center for Climate and Energy Solutions,Climate Action Network,Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888),Al Gore Jr. (1948–),James Hansen (1941–),Syukuro Manabe (1931–),Past Global Changes,Roger Revelle (1909–1991),Hans Suess (1909–1993),Greta Thunberg (2003–),350 .org,United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,United States Environmental Protection Agency,Yale Program on Climate Change Communication,5 Data and Documents,Data,Table 5.1. Global Radiative Forcing, CO2-equivalent Mixing Ratio, and the AGGI (1979–2018),Table 5.2. Average Annual CO2 Concentration, Mauna Loa, Hawaii parts per million (ppm; uncertainty in all measurements is 0.12 ppm),Table 5.3. Area Covered by Ice in Arctic Sea, 1979–2017 (million square miles),Table 5.4. Atmospheric CO2 Levels, 1850–1958 (parts per million),Documents,On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground (1896),Remarkable Weather of 1911 (1912),Energy Tax Act (1978),Massachusetts v. EPA (2007),Executive Order 13514 (2009),President Obama's Climate Action Plan (2013),Executive Order 13653 (2013),The Clean Power Plan (2015),Executive Order 13783 (2017),The Affordable Clean Energy Rule (2019),6 Resources,Books,Articles,Reports,Internet,7 Chronology,Glossary,Index,

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