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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Robert G. Watts
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
18h 5m
English
CRC Press
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50 Engineering Response to Climate Change
changes occur on a 100,000-year cycle. When the earth is closest to the sun
(perihelion), more solar radiation reaches the surface of the planet, resulting
in a warmer planet. When the earth’s orbit is farthest from the sun (aph-
elion), colder temperatures are observed. However, looking at today, the orbit
is closer to circular. The earth travels in a loop around the sun each year,
while it additionally rotates on its tilted axis. The hemisphere tilted toward
the sun experiences summer, while the hemisphere facing away experiences
winter. The severity of the seasons changes when the angle of the til
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