
36 Engineering Response to Climate Change
1.5 About This Book
In the remainder of this book, we set the stage by discussing the separate
issues of the emissions of radiatively important atmospheric constituents,
energy demand, energy supply, agriculture, water resources, coastal haz-
ards, adaption strategies, and geoengineering.
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FIGURE 1.29
Zonal temperature departure from the 1951–1980 mean for January 2010. (Courtesy of National
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January 2010 Tsurf(°C) anomaly vs. 1951–1980
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