Global Warming and Global Cooling

Leonid F. Khilyuk, Ph.D., is a consultant in mathematical modeling of environmental processes at the University of Southern California, former Chairman of the Department of Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics in the Kiev Technological University. He has over 100 publications worldwide in Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Processes, Control Theory, Probability and Statistics.

• 1. Global Evolution of the Earth. 2. Outgassing of the earth and Formation of Hydrosphere and Atmosphere. 3. Role of Iron in the Formation of Atmosphere. 4. Evolution of Oceanic Crust. 5. Origin of Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrogen and Oxygen in the Atmosphere. 6. Evolution of Pressure and Composition of Atmosphere. 7. Evolution of Partial Pressure of Nitrogen in Atmosphere. 8. Generation of Abiogenic Methane and Origin of Life on the Earth. 9. Green House Effect (Global Warming). 10. Origin of Ice Ages. 11. Bacterial Nature of Glacial Periods. 12. Evolution of Climates.

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