Climate Change Science. Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming

Table of Contents

1. Engineering for climate change
2. Pros and cons of climate change
3. Man-made versus natural causes
4. Population, urbanization and climate change
5. Alternate view, dynamics of self-adjusting earth
6. The climate change equation, y = f(x1, x2, x3, .)
7. When will exergy be exhausted?
8. The second law of thermodynamics and climate change
9. What is the threshold for doomsday?
10. Is carbon dioxide an accurate measure?
11. Large-scale solutions
12. Low-risk mitigations
13. Deep sea and climate change

Authors

David S-K. Ting Professor, Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada. David S-K. Ting is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Ting supervises students mainly in the Renewable Energy and Thermofluid areas. He studied combustion, turbulence, heat transfer, and fluid-structure interactions prior to joining the University of Windsor. Dr. Ting founded the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory at University of Windsor in 2011. To date, he has co-supervised more than 75 graduate students, co-authored more than 130 journal papers, authored three textbooks, and co-edited seven books. Jacqueline A Stagner Engineering Undergraduate Programs Coordinator, University of Windsor, Canada. Jacqueline A. Stagner is the Engineering Undergraduate Programs Coordinator at the University of Windsor, Canada. Dr. Stagner is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, where she advises students in the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory. She holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She also worked as a release engineer in the automotive industry for six years. Dr. Stagner has co-edited two books.