PREFACE
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL WARMING
PATTERNS PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING
Increased CO2 and CH4 in the atmosphere and warming climate
Ocean acidification from increased absorbtion of atmospheric CO2
Rising ocean temperatures and sea levels
Diminishing polar ice, mountain glaciers, permafrost and gas hydrates
16 record breaking air temperatures of the past 136 years since 2001
More intense extreme weather events e.g hurricanes, droughts, wildfires
Increasing animal extinction rates
CHAPTER 2 MY GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES
MY EARLY ADVENTURES RELATED TO POSSIBLE GLOBAL CHANGE MY FIRST SCIENTIFIC LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
UNIVERSITY LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE MASTERS DEGREE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES WHILE STUDYING CRATER LAKE
PhD GRADUATE SCHOOL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES DURING PhD STUDIES
About the Author: Hans Nelson has a B.A. from Carleton College, M.S. from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He spent 32 years working in the U. S. Geological Survey and 20 years at the CSIC in Spain. His studies and worldwide teaching for 60 years have resulted in 220 publications. Hans has served as Chief Scientist for 30 scientific expeditions, in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Brest and Utrecht in Europe and Blaustein Scholar at Stanford University. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2016 Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence of the Geological Society of America.
