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Chemistry of the Climate System: Volume 2: History, Change and Sustainability (3rd ed.)

Chemistry of the Climate System: Volume 2: History, Change and Sustainability (3rd ed.)

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AuthorsMöller, Detlev
TagsMeteorology & Climatology, General, Power Resources, Chemistry Environmental, Environmental Science, Physical & Theoretical, Earth Sciences, Environmental, Business & Economics, Sustainable Development, Chemical & Biochemical, Technology & Engineering, development, Global Warming & Climate Change, Meteorological Concepts, Chemistry, Meteorology, Atmospheric chemistry, Météorologie, Organic, Chimie de l'atmosphère, Life Sciences, Science
PublisherDe Gruyter
Published13 Feb 2020
Date18 Aug 2025
Languageseng
Identifiersoclc: 1149394360, google: cznYDwAAQBAJ, uri: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110561340/html, doi: 10.1515/9783110561340, isbn: 9783110559965
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Climate change is a major challenge facing modern society. The chemistry of air and its influence on the climate system forms the main focus of this book. Vol. 2 of Chemistry of the Climate System takes a problem-based approach to presenting global atmospheric processes, evaluating the effects of changing air compositions as well as possibilities for interference with these processes through the use of chemistry.

Ch. 2 "History of investigation and understanding the climate system", § 2.1 "Air and atmosphere before exploring air chemical composition" (pp. 41-73, ref:13.11-183) cited in this answer to the History of Science and Mathematics (HSM) StackExchange question "Who first discovered that clouds are not hot water vapor?", which cites Meteorologica Book I, 9 "Since water is generated from air, and air from water, why are clouds not formed in the upper air?".

p. vi (ref:7.1-3):

The history of science is science itself
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Goethe wrote, “daß die Geſchichte der Wiſſenſchaft die Wiſſenſchaft ſelbſt ſey“.In: Zur Farbenlehre. Erster Band. Cotta, Tübingen 1810, Vorwort, p. XX)