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Human induced global climate change is the biggest challenge humankind faces today. Increasing amount of atmospheric greenhouse gases play a crucial role in the evolution of the climate. Without the understanding of the contributing processes, feedbacks and interactions we cannot predict the future changes and develop effective mitigation strategies. To decrease the uncertainty of the global studies detailed regional studies are needed surveying the regional characteristics of the atmospheric greenhouse gas budget and the influencing factors. ""Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Persp

Our atmosphere : what control's Earth's temperature? -- A history of the climate : what were Earth's atmosphere and temperature like in the past? -- The human era : how do the resources we use affect the atmosphere? -- The big truth: Breaking the cycle : why do human activities make a difference to the atmosphere? -- Heating the planet : how is Earth's temperature changing now? -- Activity: Think like a scientist -- Kids in action.

Climate for Change: Non-State Actors and the Global Politics of the Greenhouse provides a challenging explanation of the forces that have shaped the international global warming debate. Unlike other books on the politics of climate change, this book concentrates on how non-state actors, such as scientific, environmental and industry groups, as opposed to governmental organisations, affect political outcomes in global fora on climate change. It also provides insights into the role of the media in influencing the agenda. The book draws on a range of analytical approaches to assess and explain the influence of these non-governmental organisations on the course of global climate politics. The book will be of interest to all researchers and policy-makers associated with climate change, and will be used on university courses in international relations, politics and environmental studies

Soils and climate change / Rattan Lal and Ronald F. Follett -- A national assessment of soil carbon sequestration on cropland: a microsimulation modeling approach / Steven R. Potter [and four others] -- Modeling soil organic carbon change in Canadian agroecosystems: testing the introductory carbon balance model / A.J. VandenBygaart [and five others] -- Soil organic carbon stocks with depth and land use at various U.S. sites / Ronald F. Follett [and four others] -- Influence of climate and land use change on carbon in agriculture, forest, and peatland ecosystems across Canada / J.S. Bhatti and C. Tarnocai -- Soil carbon sequestration in different ecoregions of Mexico / Claudio Balbontín [and three others] -- Management of dryland cropping systems in the U.S. Great Plains: effects on soil organic carbon / Mark A. Liebig, M.M. Mikha, and Kenneth N. Potter -- Management effects on soil organic carbon in Texas soils / Kenneth N. Potter, Paul W. Unger, and H. Allen Torbert -- Soil total carbon content, aggregation, bulk density, and penetration resistance of croplands and nearby grasslands / Paul W. Unger -- Soil organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration in irrigated cropping systems of the central Great Plains / Ardell D. Halvorson [and three others] -- Organic carbon stocks and sequestration potential of vertisols in the coast prairie major land resource area of Texas / Lee C. Nordt and Larry P. Wilding -- Influence of management on soil organic carbon dynamics in northern mixed-grass rangeland / G.E. Schuman [and five others] -- Belowground carbon storage and dynamics accompanying woody plant encroachment in a subtropical savanna / T.W. Boutton [and three others] -- Soil organic carbon sequestration by biochemically recalcitrant biomacromolecules / Klaus Lorenz [and three others] -- Stable-carbon isotopes of U.S. Great Plains soils and climate events during the Holocene / Steven W. Leavitt and Ronald F. Follett -- Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on soil carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of the southeastern United States / G. Brett Runion [and three others] -- Linking soil organic carbon and environmental quality through conservation tillage and residue management / Alan J. Franzluebbers -- Crop residue management and soil carbon dynamics / Humberto Blanco-Canqui and Rattan Lal -- Organic carbon accumulation in reclaimed mine soils of the western United States / L.J. Ingram [and three others] -- Terrestrial carbon sequestration potential in reclaimed mine land ecosystems to mitigate the greenhouse effect / Raj K. Shrestha, David A.N. Ussiri, and Rattan Lal -- An evaluation of methodologies for assessing geogenic carbon in mine soils of the eastern United States / P.A. Jacinthe [and three others] -- Carbonaceous materials in soil-derived dusts / R. Scott Van Pelt and Ted M. Zobeck -- Carbon dynamics in urban soils / Klaus Lorenz and Rattan Lal -- Priorities in soil carbon research in response to climate change / Rattan Lal and Ronald F. Follett.

This book is based on the 2014 Special Issue 124(3) of Climatic Change. It brings together 16 key papers presented at, or produced, subsequent to the 2010 (3rd) International Workshop on Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories. The Workshop was jointly organized by the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine; the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences; and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria. This book has been written to enhance understanding of the uncertainty encountered in estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and in dea