| A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change. This Web site created by Spencer Weart supplements his much shorter book, which tells the history of climate change research as a single connected narrative. On this Web site you will find a fuller history (about 250,000 words). Or see what critics say about the book and then order it from Harvard University Press or Amazon.com. Information on translations here. If you want a quick look at basic facts, or detailed current technical information, you might do better using the links page. For a five-minute opinion summary on the current situation see my personal note. |
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- To jump right in, read the Summary of the History of Climate Change Science
- For a scholarly preface, look at Methodology and Sources.
- If you are somewhat familiar with the subject, you could select topics
from
the Table of Contents (site map). - You can download this site (Zip file) and
put in on your own hard drive or burn a CD-ROM,
or buy a CD-ROM at cost, or print out individual essays using PDF files. - You can Search
the entire text.
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Basic navigation: On the right of each essay are links to essays about other topics. Follow forward an arrow to see how the events that you are reading about gave something => TO the other topic. Follow back an arrow to track influence <= FROM the other topic. Double arrow <=> shows MUTUAL interaction. Click on a numbered note, e.g., (12) for references. Some notes, indicated thus: (12*) have additional text. In the note, click on a reference to reach the bibliography—use your browser's Back button to return.
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| Contents/Site Map June 2006 version | |
| About this site:
TOP OF PAGE Summary of the History of Climate Change Science SEARCH all the essays |
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This is mounted on the Web site of the Center
for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.
Discovery of Global Warming site created by Spencer
Weart with support from the American Institute of Physics, the
National Science Foundation and the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation.
Copyright © 2003-2006 Spencer Weart and the American Institute of
Physics.
Index terms: climate change, global warming,
greenhouse effect, temperature change, history, science, geophysics, meteorology,
computer models, aerosols, ice. Book cover photo by Frank Cezus ©
Getty Images.
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